Fight Against Crime (1951) comic books 1952
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Issue #5
Published Feb 1952 by Story Comics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Lou Cameron, A. C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Ganglord Lars Sloan comes up with the perfect alibi for his crimes, but one slip-up will cost him dearly. In a horror-tinged story, a corpse manages to get revenge on its killer after being sealed in a hidden escape tunnel. A criminal gets a fiendish idea when he learns that he resembles a well-known banker. Plus "We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth," a classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Horror of the Twin Alibis; A Corpse Gets... Revenge!; Death Signs His Name; Death Laugh Lasts!; The Lady Killer Returns. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published 1952 by Story Comics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer,, A. C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Two escaped convicts kidnap a wealthy woman, but turn on each other while waiting for the ransom. George and Gloria's plot to murder her uncle is derailed by the arrival of armed robbers. When a carnival trapeze act falls prey to an extramarital affair and a murder plot, the result is tragedy under the big top. Horror of the Clutching Hand; The Trapeze of Death; A Smuggler Meets a Ghost; Wine, Women and Death!; Crime at the Graveyard. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
Published May 1952 by Story Comics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico, A. C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Chance allows a murder victim to identify its killer from beyond the grave. Criminals think they've found a foolproof way to elude the law, but justice has an ironic fate in store. Grave-robbing pre-Code cover by Bill Fraccio. Death Needs No Alibi; Foul Play; Dead Men Will Talk; The Unknown Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #8
Published Jul 1952 by Story Comics.- Cover detached at one staple and loose at the other, 3" cumulative spine split, margin piece torn from last page.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Stories and art by Bill Fraccio and Lou Cameron. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Rocky and Shadow hide out from the cops in a cave with gun moll Rosemarie, but then they encounter a pair of deadly snakes. Escaping from both cops and his double-crossed pals after a payroll robbery, Stan steals an antique knife that carries an ancient curse. Dave falls for his boss's beautiful wife Lorrene, and helps her plot her husband's murder. Strangler Snake's Revenge!; The Knife of Death; Shot By a Corpse; Death Backfired; Shaft of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #9
Published Sep 1952 by Story Comics.$169.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Slab: Scuffing on front of case
- Label #1624308007
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- Bottom staple completely deteriorated (rust/migration), top staple attached at cover only. Severe water damage, slight mold.
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Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Stories and art by John D'Agostino, A. C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. By this point, Fight Against Crime was edging away from crime stories to EC-style horror, as these stories demonstrate. Mob boss "Gassy" Webb meets an ironic fate when he stows away on a cargo ship to escape prosecution. In the frozen wastes of northern Canada, Rod murders his partner in an ice-cave that was used for native burials, but meets poetic justice. Rats Die by Gas; Corpse in the Ice; Picture of Death; Death Was the Winner; Shaft of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #10
Published Nov 1952 by Story Comics.$245.00
View scans- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
$150.00
View scans- 4.5" Cumulative spines split. Cover detached at one staple and loose at other.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Features some truly gruesome pre-code treasures: live burial, hypodermic needle panels, bondage, Chinese water torture, and decapitation by dogs!
Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. By this point, Fight Against Crime was edging away from crime stories to EC-style horror, as these stories demonstrate. Escaped convict Tony uses a snake to get rid of his wealthy wife, but meets an ironic fate. A fired college professor helps a gang of crooks plan a museum heist, and winds up as one of the exhibits. Gangster Lew uses dogs to get rid of his partner in crime, but meets an ironic fate, creating a sort of theme for the issue. The Con's Revenge; Horror of the Fangs of Death; A Con - A Gun - A Ghost; Old Fashioned Murder!; Hounds of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
