Transcript of remarks from the Spring 1972 meeting of the Newspaper Comics Council

Following Frederic Wertham's The Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which claimed comics negatively influenced young people, the Comics Code Authority and Newspaper Comics Council were created to monitor comic content. At this meeting, industry professionals including Stan Lee (Marvel Comics), Raymond K. Rogers (King Features Syndicate), William Attwood (Newsday), Ted Shearer (Quincy), and others addressed the relevance of comics to contemporary social issues. The transcript includes their prepared remarks and a question-and-answer session covering topics such as character development, social responsibility in comics, and the role of newspapers in presenting comic content to diverse audiences.