Seduced by Rulah
Rulah Jungle Goddess 21
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Rulah Jungle Goddess 21 Universal
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Grade:
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5.0
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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3996370006
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Owner:
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GAM
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Rulah Jungle Goddess #21 is referenced in Fredric Wertham’s “Seduction of the Innocent” (SOTI) in the text on pages 388-389.
The reference on pages 388-389 is drawn from the story entitled “The Silent Death” contained in Rulah Jungle Goddess #21. Wertham recounts the story as a means of demonstrating how comic books pollute the minds of children by spreading propaganda. He describes the story as follows “At a time when accusations of bacterial warfare cloud the international scene, children here in the United States and, through export, in many other countries, are instructed that the United States Government is carrying out secret researches on bacteriological warfare and that it is practiced on colored natives: A man goes to a Government building marked ‘RESEARCH DIVISION.’ A scientist in a white coat tells him: ‘You are aware of the secrecy of these experiments. They are more deadly than the A-bomb!’ Showing him a syringe, he goes on: ‘There’s enough minute bugs in this to kill everything in New York! Pollute drinking water! Poison masses-’ The man tells the girl: ‘Get a load of this Liz. Bacterial warfare!’ He goes on to Africa to practice on the natives there what he has learned in the U.S. Government Research Building. In one picture you are shown a book with the title Bacterial War. This is not propaganda abroad, but the comic-book industry at home”
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