The New Yorker has a revealing feature on the comic book witch hunts of the 1950s that brought an end to the classic horror comics style spearheaded by EC. Not only does it go in-depth in regards to some of the personalities involved, including EC publisher Bill Gaines and Fredric Wertham, who penned the notorious polemic against comics Seduction of the Innocent, it also shows that it was not such a clear case of zealots trampling on freedom of speech. If you’re a comic book and/or horror fan, it’s an important history lesson.

Read it here.