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War Against Crime (1948 EC) comic books

  • Issue #5
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 5
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Other - see grading notes
    • Piece of plastic missing from left side of slab.
    • Label #1336631014
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Johnny Craig, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Betty works her way up from drugstore counter girl to crimelord and racketeer, in a story by Johnny Craig. A detective and a jewel thief intersect over a priceless Egyptian artifact in a museum, with art by EC horror legend Graham Ingels. A killer tries to outwit the law, in an Al Feldstein story. Little Miss Mob Marker; Curse of the Pharaoh; The Laws Revenge. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 6
    Auction opens April 6
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Slab: Scuffing on front of case
    • Label #3874874007

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Ed Waldman, Johnny Craig, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Cop's wife Midge uses her inside knowledge to become a secret crime mastermind, in a story by Johnny Craig. A woman drives a man to robbery and murder, with art by Al Feldstein. Boxer Big Mike Largo finds crime more rewarding and easier on the knuckles, at least for a while. The Woman Who Loved Life; The Crusher; Too Big for the Job!; Money-Hungry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.