25 FEBRUARY 1955, Page 18

SIR. -7 Your article on 'Horror Comics' aroused considerable indignation in our

school. Mr. Cary took great pains to convince us that he. an educated person, was not harmed by horror comics, and from this drew the conclusion that all children with- an average intelligence would also be unaffected. But what of the children who have never had a chance to develop their mentality, who are not set any standard of behaviour by their parents, and who have never been taught to discriminate between eight and wrong? These are the readers who may be led towards crime.

Finally, even if it is true that horror comics do no active harm to children, an opinion which we do not appreciate, we fail to see where their beneficial qualities lie. — Yours faithfully.