The Effects of Comic Books on Societal Behavior – … Many of the children he treated even gave similar statements about what they thought of comic books. What Dr. Wertham was trying to get across to the Subcommittee was that all of these bad things could have been avoided were it not for comic books. He showed that little boys like Edward would only be scared or mentally damaged by reading this “Kafka for kiddies”(Itzkoff). In the year 2010 the United States Senate released Dr. Wertham’s original notes to the public. Doctor Carol Tiley is among the first to review Dr….   [tags: Delinquency, Negative, Positive, Effects]