The more I looks at that "Read 'em for fun!" image the more I smell a rat. What first bothered me was the inclusion of non-comics in the mix. I don't know if there was a pulp magazine titled "Violent [something or other]"--the word is much too common to Google successfully. I'm pretty sure there was no comic by that name. Ditto "Guns," which could easily have been a mainstream hunting mag along the lines of "Gun Digest." But not a comic. Then there's the "Read 'em for fun!" slogan. I'm in no position to swear there was never a comic rack with a "Read 'em for fun" badge. It doesn't look manufactured. But the combination of all the titles stressing crime and violence, plus the slogan, plus the date--1948--leads me to suspect this is a fake photo set up as anti-comics propaganda.
