Back Seduction of the Innocent German La seducción de los inocentes Spanish Seduction of the Innocent French Seduction of the Innocent Icelandic Seduction of the Innocent Italian 순수의 유혹 Korean Seduction of the Innocent Dutch Seduction of the Innocent Portuguese Seduction of the Innocent Turkish
 Reproduction of first edition cover | |
| Author | Fredric Wertham |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Comic books |
| Publisher | Rinehart & Company |
Publication date | April 19, 1954 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 397 |
| OCLC | 9593548 |
Seduction of the Innocent is a book by German-born American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a negative form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency. The book was taken seriously at the time in the United States, and was a minor bestseller that created alarm in American parents and galvanized them to campaign for censorship. At the same time, a U.S. Congressional inquiry was launched into the comic book industry. Subsequent to the publication of Seduction of the Innocent, the Comics Code Authority was voluntarily established by publishers to self-censor their titles. In the decades since the book's publication, Wertham's research has been disputed by scholars.