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War Against Crime (1948 EC) comic books

  • 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

    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 #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.
      Other items consigned by humble cow

    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.