Crime Patrol (1948 EC) comic books 1938-1955

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Numbering continues from International Crime Patrol (1948) #6. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. A criminal takes the name Trigger Hancock and starts a gang to rival Grimmler's band of international thieves who want to heist Fort Knox, but he's actually setting a trap. A stray kite is the clue that leads the Chessmen to the villainous Ventor, who launches death from above by rocket. Action girl Madelon is the only person who can stop mad Ventor from launching his destructive rocket from his ruined castle. Captain Crime!: The Field-Marshal of Murder!; Van Manhattan: Death By Rocket Bomb!; Chessmen: Slaughter From the Sky!; Madelon: The Rocket In the Ruins! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by H. C. Kiefer, Ed Waldman and Ann Brewster. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Country sleuth Ellis Parker is called in after a strange murder case stumps the local police. Modern-day pirate and supervillain The Octopus wages a crime spree on the high seas, but luckily, heroic Igor the Archer stands in his path. A handsome hoodlum has a way with the ladies and excels at both love and larceny, until he kisses one woman too many. The Deadly Grease Monkey; The Alibi; Igor the Archer: The Fable of the Flying Dutchman; The Ghost of Markham Manor; The Case of the Kissing Killer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox, Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein. Art by Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein and Ann Brewster. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Gangsters become accidental assassins after the rich guy they killed for his cash turns out to be a high-ranking Mob figure. Action girl Madelon goes in search of a legendary idol in the Blue Grottoes of the Mediterranean, and encounters a very real tentacled Kraken, in a story featuring art by rare 1940s female artist Ann Brewster. A handsome killer has a Dorian Gray relationship with his mirror in Double-Crossed: The Finger of Death, the first story by future EC legend Al Feldstein. The Slaughter Syndicate: Murder by Appointment!!; Madelon: The Grotto of The Green Stone Man; Crooked as a Corkscrew; Double-Crossed: The Finger of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Richard Kraus and Al Feldstein. Art by Al Feldstein, Stan Ash and H. C. Kiefer. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Desperate for a job, Nina becomes a dime-a-dance girl, but when steady customer Frank falls for her, she must keep it a secret from her crooked boss Steve. When a railroad card game leads to murder on a train, the train's Inspector must track down deadly card-sharp Jim Leech. Artist Henry Brand finds his calling by painting ringer racehorses to look like the real thing so gangsters can fix races. Dance-Hall Racket; The Ace of Spades; The Ten O-Clock Burglars; The Horse Painter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Richard Kraus and Al Feldstein. Art by Al Feldstein, Howard Larsen and H. C. Kiefer. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. The police seek the kidnappers of a beautiful woman, in a story with early bondage art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Pickpocket Fay uses her fast fingers to become queen of the card sharps, and men soon learn not to cross her, in a story with terrific bad-girl art. Tom Brady and his sister Beth return to their ancestral Scottish castle and face a Werewolf's Curse, in one of EC's first true horror stories. Victor Wolf & Sam Bart, Kidnappers; The Werewolf's Curse!; The Chicagorilla; Fast-Draw Fay, the Queen of Spades! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 continues its transformation into a New Trend horror title, with less "crime" and more carnage. A man with catalepsy is mistaken for dead and sent to be cremated, unless his wife can find him in time. A murderous Egyptologist tries to kill a rival by sealing him in a tomb, but telltale facial scratches give him away. A reporter receives a foot transplant from a mad doctor, but the feet seek revenge for the murder of their previous owner, and take the reporter with them. Plus the second appearance of The Crypt Keeper. The Corpse in the Crematorium; Trapped in the Tomb; A Bottle of Murder; The Graveyard Feet; Voodoo Vendetta; The Spectre in the Castle. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crypt of Terror (1950) #17. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.