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honest criminal offence and comic book history come together inDark Horse Comics’latest lifelike novel , Dr. Werthless : The human beings Who study Murder ( And closely Killed the Comics Industry ) . An honor make headway creative team reunites for a new story detailing the history of one of the most controversial figures in pop music civilization .
Screen Rant has the exclusive first lookat Dark Horse Comics’upcoming graphic novel , which reunite Eric Powell and Harold Schechter , the creative squad behindDid You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?.Dr . Werthless : The Isle of Man Who Studied Murder ( And Nearly kill the Comics Industry)is a true crime story about the polarizing image Dr. Fredric Wertham .
Dr. WerthlessExamines the True History of a Disputed Comic Figure
While Fredric Wertham holds a controversial place in funny book history , his study extended beyond comic strip . Wertham also opened up a clinic in Harlem for deprived African - American patients and worked towards desegregation of public school . Schechter and Powell ’s book will not only touch on the role he played in strip , but also his study on the genial and social root behind violence . However , it wo n’t shy away from the darker side of Wertham as someone who exploited his patients for his own commercial end . By the phone of things , Dr. Werthlesswill Hans Albrecht Bethe most balanced portrayalof the infamous chassis .
Dr. WerthlessLooks at the Good and Bad of Fredric Wertham
Like everyone else , Dr. Fredric Wertham was a complicated someone . His regressive and misguided views had drastic effect on the comic leger industry that nearly made it tumble . But he was also someone who was progressive in other elbow room and had a legitimate desire to amend the lives of people by studying the causes of furiousness . Schechter and Powell ’s forthcoming vivid novel will hopefully get into what made Wertham check off and what tug him to do the thing he did . Perhaps everyone will walk away from theDark Horsegraphic novel with a better understanding of Wertham and the outstanding wallop he had on the comic volume world .
Dr. Werthless : The Man Who canvas Murder ( And Nearly Killed the Comics Industry)is available from Dark Horse Comics this summer .
