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War Against Crime (1948 EC) comic books 1948

  • Issue #1
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 1
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Color touch, spine split seal, tear seal and piece fill. 4.75" Cumulative spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Graham Ingels, Lee J. Ames, and Johnny Craig. E.C.'s Pre-Trend early crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. The "true" story of Prohibition-era gangster Machine-Gun Kelly. A mastermind of crime seeks the secret evidence the police have against him, in a story by Johnny Craig. Modern-day train robbers become killers, in Graham Ingel's first story for EC Comics. Public Enemy…the Story of Machine-Gun Kelley!; Portfolio of Death!; The Ruby Stickpin!; Smokin Six-Guns! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 2
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #0065189001
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    Stories and art by Frank Bolle, Lee J. Ames, Leonard Starr, Stan Aschmeier, and Graham Ingels. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. A man becomes a vicious thug after his brother is killed by cops during a robbery. Benedict Arnold is the star of America's First Crime. A wannabe criminal gets a little too close to the real thing, with art by EC horror legend Graham Ingels. Hank Two-Gun Corley!; The Crystal Ball Killer; Americas First Crime; The Saga of Spotlight John! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 3

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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Lee J. Ames, Stan Aschmeier, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Frisco Florrie, Queen of the Barbary Coast, specializes in shanghai - the crime of abducting sailors into slavery. A woman with malice on her mind uses a circus strongman to do her dirty work, in an Al Feldstein story. Tense car-chase cover by Johnny Craig. Frisco Florrie, Queen of the Barbary Coast!; The Case of the Savage Strongboy; The Deadly Habit; The Do-It Yourself Kid and the Dimpled Doll. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 4

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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Gardner Fox, Howard Larson, Sheldon Moldoff, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Mobsters with machineguns go on a crime spree, in an Al Feldstein story. The train-themed story "Choo-Choo Jones" was created at the request of EC publisher and comics pioneer Max Gaines' request, shortly before his untimely death. An unusual piece of jewelry thwarts a band of thieves, with art by Howard Larson. The Machine-Gun Mad Mobsters; Choo-Choo Jones; The Robbery Ring. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.