(April-May 1949)
EC,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1949-01-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (editor)
Issue Notes
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On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1949, page 140, registration number B170414.
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1949, page 140, registration number B170414.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Johnny Craig (signed as
Johnny Craig [circle]) - Inks
- Johnny Craig (signed as Johnny Craig [circle])
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
-
in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1, #1 [Cover of this volume.] -
in War Against Crime! (Superior, 1948 series) #6 ([circa May 1949]) - in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #6 (September 2000)
-
The Woman Who Loved Life
comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Being a policeman's wife wasn't Midge Calhon's idea of getting what she wanted from life.
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Ed Calhoun (Policeman, Midge's husband); unnamed warehouse guard (death); Midge Calhoun (villain, death); Pete Halladay (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Bored with her daily routine, Midge wanted furs, jewels and nice clothes, and when offered the opportunity, she went for it with strong greedy fingers, using robbery, murder and mayhem. Getting tips from her policeman-husband in order to tip off gang members where to pull jobs, and taking on a partner, Pete Halladay, all seems great until her husband begins to suspect his wife is behind the recent robberies. Then her partner drills her husband and he ends up in a coma, leading to an unexpected conclusion.
- Reprints
- in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1 [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #6 (September 2000)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #25 - The Woman Who Loved Life and Other Stories (October 2019) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Craig essentially repeated "Little Miss Mob Marker" from the previous issue, except he improved on the plot by adding a few effective elements.
The Crusher!
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inside the ring Mike Largo was considered...
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1 [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #6 (September 2000)
-
Too Big for the Job!
text story / 1.75 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jackie Smart was aptly named...
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1
- in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #6 (September 2000)
-
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Frank Lee (credited as Frank D. Lee)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Money-Hungry
comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nancy Burton's wild craving for money...
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- in War Against Crime (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #1 [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in War Against Crime (Gemstone, 2000 series) #6 (September 2000)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #28 - Terror Train and Other Stories (October 2020) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
The Woman Who Loved Life
-
2.
The Crusher!
-
3.
Too Big for the Job!
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4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
Money-Hungry
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- Bill Devine
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