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Crime Patrol (1948 EC) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #12
    Crime Patrol (1948 EC) 12
    Published Jul 1949 by EC.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4448072023
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1231844011
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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Al Feldstein, Ed Waldman, Howard Larsen and Graham Ingels. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Redheaded bad girl Nell gets on the wrong side of the law and likes it, in a pre-Code story with early art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Police and gangsters alike are searching for safecracker Gentleman Danny Kenyon, in a story with early art by EC legend Graham Ingels. A mad scientist's plot involves a gorilla and the brain of an executed killer, in another early EC horror effort. Nell Baker; The Gentleman Gunman; The Werewolf's Curse!; The Hanged Man's Revenge; Ruse; The Ransom Racket. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Crime Patrol (1948 EC) 13
    Published Sep 1949 by EC.

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig (credited as F.C. Aljon). E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Ken's plans to join Blaine's criminal gang are derailed after the murder of his parents shows him the error of his ways. Scarred by her upbringing, Edna becomes a serial strangler targeting those who have wronged her. When Hazel dons a blonde wig, she becomes a murderous gang leader and the terror of the underworld. This issue features Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig working together as F.C. Aljon, a short-lived experiment to increase Craig's productivity. I Fight Crime; Practical Joke; Edna Sunday; Tough Guy; Two-Faced Woman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.