Despite popularity with readers of all ages, comic books and graphic novels do not yet have a solid foothold in many library collections, especially those in academic libraries. In the 1940s and 50s, critics of comics such as Sterling North and Frederic Wertham raised concerns about the effects of comics on the youth reading them, eventually leading to an investigation by a Senate subcommittee in 1954. Critics’ concerns ranged from the effects of low-quality illustration and printing on the “aesthetic standards” of children, to the subject matter of comics leading children into juvenile delinquency (Park, 2002, p. 262-264). Amidst so much controversy, librarians were encouraged to leave comic books out of their collections, and that trend