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War Against Crime (1948 EC) comic books 1949

  • 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 #9
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 9
    • Conserved
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Conservation Includes: Staples Cleaned.
    • Label #4371100012
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, John Alton, Johnny Craig, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Insurance investigators uncover an elaborate scheme around a murder, featuring art by Al Feldstein. A hospitalized Treasury agent reveals his struggles with a narcotics ring, in a story by Johnny Craig. Cops investigate the murder of a con man. The Fatal Turn; Fall-Guy!; Case Number 549 Homicide!; Scott Edwards, Treasury Agent; Tough as Nails! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.