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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
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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 #6
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 6

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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Ed Waldman, Johnny Craig, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Cop's wife Midge uses her inside knowledge to become a secret crime mastermind, in a story by Johnny Craig. A woman drives a man to robbery and murder, with art by Al Feldstein. Boxer Big Mike Largo finds crime more rewarding and easier on the knuckles, at least for a while. The Woman Who Loved Life; The Crusher; Too Big for the Job!; Money-Hungry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 7

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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Johnny Craig, H. C. Kiefer and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Waitress Toni teams up with mobster Mike for an exciting but brief life of crime. When gangsters Max and Lefty leave Big Joe's gang to start their own, a mob war is the inevitable result. The Memphis cops can't stop the Craig Brothers, but a woman can, in an early story by EC legend Al Feldstein. The Scavenger Siren; Gang War: A Fight to the Death!; Cross and Double-Cross; The Craig Gang. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 8

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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Rudy Palais, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. A boxer gets the chance to use his fighting skills against gangster Big Jim, in an Al Feldstein story. Blackie Archer's protection racket is going just fine until that fateful shakedown at the ice cream factory, with art by Graham Ingels. A botched hold-up and a woman's testimony put the "Brooklyn Murder Mob" where they belong, with art by Rudy Palais. Plus an EC Comics PSA imploring teens to respect their local newsdealer's business, and not hang out in doorways scaring off customers - a real sign of its times. The Last Round; Your Newsdealer, He is Your Friend!; Escape!; The Rise and Fall of Blackie Archer; Childs Play!; Mystery Woman Betrays Brooklyn Murder Mob! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 9

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    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.