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Crime Patrol (1948-1950 EC) comic books

  • Issue #12
    Crime Patrol (1948-1950 EC) 12
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1231844011
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3874874006
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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 #14
    Crime Patrol (1948-1950 EC) 14

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Al Feldstein, Ed Waldman and Johnny Craig. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Early forensics investigation, including a tire track and a stray thread, lead police to the Mad-Man Gang after a bank robbery. Detective-Lieutenant Craig Dixon investigates after a body is found in the harbor, in an early Al Feldstein story. When one brother becomes a police detective, and the other a criminal, it's only a matter of time until brother faces brother. Three Clues to Terror; Inside Job!; The Maxwell Brothers; Out of the Frying Pan; The Case of the Floating Corpse! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Crime Patrol (1948-1950 EC) 15
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Scuffing on front of case
    • Page 6 missing. Large piece missing from page 7.
    • Label #4068068001
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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Al Feldstein, John Alton, Fred Peters and Johnny Craig. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title begins its transformation into a New Trend horror title, featuring the 1st appearance of The Crypt Keeper. Mrs. Stonely's death seems a mere accident, and her husband's affair with a secretary only a coincidence, but one cop isn't convinced. Rising boxer Johnny Sparr becomes the "Guardian of the Little Guy" after his father is killed by the Mob. Corrupt businessmen murder their partner, or so they think, but when they check again the grave is empty. This is the tale that debuted the Crypt-Keeper and EC's legendary horror comics. Murder Writes a Policy; Case Number 318: Murder: The Swindle by Flame; Double-Exposure; Johnny Sparr: Guardian of the Little Guy; Coincidence; Return from the Grave. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.