“It is not size or age or childishness that separates children from adults. It is "responsibility."”

The Great Comic Book Heroes http://books.google.com/books?id=zxbuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22It+is+not+size+or+age+or+childishness+that+separates+children+from+adults+It+is+responsibility%22&pg=PA75#v=onepage (1965)

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American cartoonist, screenwriter and playwright 1929

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