The Story
DR WERTHLESS MAN WHO STUDIED MURDER HC (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Schechter, Harold (A) Powell, Eric
DARK HORSE PRH
StockID: 133856 SKU: OCT241156
From the creative team behind the award-winning Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? comes an examination of one of the most polarizing figures in pop culture- Dr. Fredric Wertham. Reviled by comic book fans as a witch-hunting zealot who stirred up a panic among the parents of America for his own self-promoting purposes- he was also a renowned psychiatrists who- among other accomplishments- opened a clinic in Harlem for disadvantaged African-American patients and played an important role in the desegregation of the nation's schools. Believing that murder could be abolished through a proper understanding of the mental and social roots of criminal violence- he took a genuinely humane approach to some of the most notorious homicidal maniacs of his time- while simultaneously exploiting their stories for his own commercial ends.
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DR WERTHLESS MAN WHO STUDIED MURDER HC (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Schechter, Harold (A) Powell, Eric
DARK HORSE PRH
StockID: 133856 SKU: OCT241156
From the creative team behind the award-winning Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? comes an examination of one of the most polarizing figures in pop culture- Dr. Fredric Wertham. Reviled by comic book fans as a witch-hunting zealot who stirred up a panic among the parents of America for his own self-promoting purposes- he was also a renowned psychiatrists who- among other accomplishments- opened a clinic in Harlem for disadvantaged African-American patients and played an important role in the desegregation of the nation's schools. Believing that murder could be abolished through a proper understanding of the mental and social roots of criminal violence- he took a genuinely humane approach to some of the most notorious homicidal maniacs of his time- while simultaneously exploiting their stories for his own commercial ends.
