War Against Crime! #4

(Winter 1948)

[Atomic Energy Circus] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Machine-Gun Mad Mobsters (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as A. Feldstein)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as A. Feldstein)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Ralos and the Boardwalk Busters were rival gangs...

Genre

crime

Characters

Rocks Balters; Squint; Chick; district attorney; Jim; many unnamed mobsters, witnesses, police

Synopsis

A gang war erupts between the Ralos Brothers and the Boardwalk Busters.

Reprints

• in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1 [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #4 (July 2000)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #28 - Terror Train and Other Stories (October 2020) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Coney Island; gang war; machine guns; rum runners; speed boats

The Menace of the Railroads! (Table of Contents: 3)

Choo-Choo Jones / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

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Genre

crime

Characters

Tom 'Choo-Choo' Jones; Diana Rage; J. L. Grover; Superintendent Peters; Susan; Mauler; Baldy; Pop Jones; Engineer White

Synopsis

Train wrecks have been plaguing the Happy Valley Railroad of late and Diana Rage wants this to continue so that she can buy it very cheap.

Reprints

• in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1 [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #4 (July 2000)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #33 - Deadly Beloved and Other Stories (January 2023) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Devil's Pass; Gainesville; Happy Valley Railroad; saboteurs; steam engines

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Sure-Fire Winners! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

A Matter of Minutes! (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset

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Jess Martin drew the revolver from his coat pocket, and...

Genre

crime

Characters

Jess Martin; Uncle Bryan Martin; Bellows; police detective

Synopsis

Jess thinks he has the perfect plan to murder his uncle. Or has he?

Reprints

• in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1
• in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #4 (July 2000)

Keywords

Rexville; wrist watch

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Robbery Ring The Case of the Striking Serpent! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The stakes were enormous in this duel between the...

Genre

crime

Characters

Three unnamed hoodlums; Mr. Connors; Legrand; Inspector Hall

Synopsis

Three hoodlums commit a robbery in a jewelry shop.

Reprints

• in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1 [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #4 (July 2000)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #33 - Deadly Beloved and Other Stories (January 2023) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

diamond rings

Attention! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tavella Sales Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Lovmee Casuals (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Lovmee Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Your Child Happy! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Fun For Children / advertisement / 1 page (report information)