Question

HALLY: You haven’t been reading them, have you? SAM: Just looking. HALLY: (Examining the comics.) Jungle Jim…Batman and Robin…Tarzan… Gosh, what rubbish! Mental pollution. Take them away. P. 7 Based on your understanding, what literary device being used? allusion metaphor personification simile

Answer 1

they are using a metaphor

Answer 2

What is being used here is a metaphor because they are comparing comics with rubbish without using like or as. I hope this helps.