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Transcript:

Charlie Brown: I'm discouraged today, and when I get discouraged, A comic magazine is the only thing that will revive me.

Charlie Brown: What a beautiful gory layout!

Charlie Brown: This druggist is awfully fussy..He won't let you look at the comic magazines unless you by one...

Charlie Brown: Gee, The cover came off this one...I hardly jerked it!

Charlie Brown: Those on the top row look pretty good...

Charlie Brown: WHOOPS!

Charlie Brown: He should sell these for half price...Who wants a magazine after it's been laying around on the floor?

Charlie Brown: I guess I'll take this one...

Charlie Brown: Bot, did he ever glare at me! He probably isn't feeling well...

Original comic:

Additional trivia:

The violent names and nature of some comic books at the time were epitomized by EC Comics and criticized by Fredric Wertham in his book Seduction of the Innocent.

Good grief Charlie Brown!

As a former comic "magazine" shop owner, this hits home.