(February-March 1955)

EC, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
EC An Entertaining Comic
Editing
Harvey Kurtzman (credited) (editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you ask me...this Mau Mau trouble is greatly overrated!
Genre
adventure; history
Reprints
Keywords
automatic pistols; bars; Kenya; knives; Mau Mau Uprising

In Memoriam (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This will be the last issue of Two-Fisted Tales.
Synopsis
Editorial about the cancelation of Two-Fisted Tales.

Code of Honor! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Severin
Pencils
John Severin
Inks
John Severin
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"If you believe you have been insulted..."
Genre
adventure
Reprints

Mau Mau! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Kurtzman (rough layouts); Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
Inks
Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the reed-buck's horn sounds in the dark night of Africa...
Genre
adventure
Characters
McBan (former pro big game hunter); Merrill Quantock (movie director); Hinga (a mechanic); Limuru (villain, death)
Synopsis
Former big game hunter McBan is now resigned to providing safaris for Regal Studios, but his latest client decides to allow an educated Kikuyu named Limuru to pick the safari crew. Jealous, McBan picks out a mechanic that no one else trusts and it seems that once the safari and film crew reach the jungle, mysterious accidents begin to occur. But all have guessed wrong.
Reprints
Keywords
Regal Studios

Indexer Notes

Kurtzman pencil credit added by Craig Delich, per "Master Race and Other Stories" volume.

Carl Akeley! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Pencils
Wally Wood (signed as Wood); Tatjana Wood (some of the animals)
Inks
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Africa... 1910!
Genre
adventure; non-fiction; jungle
Characters
Carl Akeley; President Theodore Roosevelt (cameo); a Swahili tracker; Dr. Elliot
Synopsis
Hunting for bull elephants in darkest Africa, Ackeley is confronted by a monstrous bull elephant, which injures Ackeley big time. But he recovers and goes on five more expeditions against wild game, and being injured yet again. Although he recovers again from wounds suffered on the hunt, Ackeley never got to see his dream of The African Hall in New York City built before his death on November 17, 1926.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A similar biography of Akeley found in Land Of The Lost #2.

Script revision from Wood to De Fuccio and Tatjana Wood pencil credit per Thommy Burns in Fantagraphic's volume "Atom Bomb and Other Stories, Illustrated by Wallace Wood" (2020).

Story occurs in 1910.

Kearny (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry De Fuccio
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Phil Kearney inherited a million dollars upon the death of his grandfather...
Reprints

Yellow! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
George Evans (signed as George Evans)
Pencils
George Evans (signed as George Evans)
Inks
George Evans (signed as George Evans)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
1918's Yankee warbirds wore no parachutes...
Genre
adventure; aviation; war
Characters
Bill Stone (pilot); Curry (pilot); "Shorty" Winters (pilot, cameo, death); Captain Sault (commander); the Germans (villains, some die)
Synopsis
Bill was a greater fighter pilot "in competition" for the most kills with fellow pilot Curry, until he overheard Curry state that someone was yellow. From that point on, the competition became more fierce.
Reprints
Keywords
Nieuports; World War I
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["If you ask me...this Mau Mau trouble is greatly overrated!"]
  2. 1. In Memoriam
  3. 2. Code of Honor!
  4. 3. Mau Mau!
  5. 4. Carl Akeley!
  6. 5. Kearny
  7. 6. Yellow!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks
  • Tom Vincent