Mon, Aug 10
|Caroline Kennedy Library
Michigan During the Comic Book Scare
Historian Hank Kennedy offers a presentation and Q & A session on how the national moral panic against comic books made itself felt in Michigan. He will be using news reports, magazine articles, legislative testimony and books of comic history.
Time & Location
Aug 10, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Caroline Kennedy Library, 24590 George St, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127, USA
About the event
Historian Hank Kennedy offers a presentation and Q & A session on how the national moral panic against comic books made itself felt in Michigan. Using news reports, magazine articles, legislative testimony and books of comic history, Kennedy will recall a time when the greatest threat to America's children cost only ten cents. Comics were sold in dime stores, newsstands and pharmacies. For adults 18 and older.