Word: comicbooks
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...continue their profitable trade in murder, torture and sex, discounted True Comics' chances on two main counts: They doubted 1) whether it could arouse sufficient newsstand appeal to make money (since subscription sales of comic books account for only about1% of the total), and 2) whether thrill-sophisticated comicbook readers could be convinced that "Truth is stranger and a thousand times more interesting than fiction!" But at least, True Comics had given parents a weapon with which to fight the racketeers of childhood...