The 1955 Romance Comics Trial

by Daniel Best

In mid-1954 the Queensland Government set up a Board of Review, working under the Objectionable Literature Act of 1954 act. The board, consisting of four men and one woman, initially met once every fortnight with the view of examining all publications on sale in Queensland, barring newspapers, and ultimately to prohibit the circulation in Queensland of any material that they found to be objectionable. in late 1954 the Board banned romance comics as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512221317
• ISBN13: 9781512221312
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"