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Extra (1955 EC) 2

  • Issue #2
    Extra (1955 EC) 2
    Published Jun 1955 by EC.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Colin Dawkins and Johnny Craig. Art by John Severin, Johnny Craig, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring reporters finding danger while pursuing stories. Reporter Keith Michaels searches for lost Scandinavian gold smuggled out of Norway during the Nazi occupation. Keith dares a risky climb up a New York skyscraper to rescue his secretary from a hostage situation. In Hong Kong, reporter Geri Hamilton fends off the advances of a British intelligence agent while investigating a trolley strike that could cripple the city, in a story with nice Reed Crandall art. Cover features terrific black-and-white painted art by Johnny Craig. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Dateline: Oslo; Stromboli!; Hong Kong!; Dateline: New York City; The Case of the Colorful Caper. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.