Piracy #4
(April-May 1955)

EC, 1954 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
I. C. Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
EC An Entertaining Comic
Editing
Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor); Marie Severin (credited) (color editor)

Issue Notes

Printed in U.S.A.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Reed Crandall (signed as Crandall)
Inks
Reed Crandall (signed as Crandall)
Colors
Marie Severin
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Scuttlebutt / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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?
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from William Buckley, Byron G. Sherman, Bob Blanchette, Terry Owens, Johnny Keiter, James Chambers, Douglas Omar Shumate, Paul Gasper, Raymond DiGiovanni, Francis Lesseul, Ernie Crites, Ronald Dorman, Jeff Irving, Eric Johnson, Ron Wheeler, Billy Hoover, Gerry Odette, George Panos, Janet Liebenow and Bert Schrivenel.

Pirate Master (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Reed Crandall (signed as R. Crandall)
Inks
Reed Crandall (signed as R. Crandall)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He was known as Satan, the pirate....
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Captain Satan [Juniper Dell]; Starkey; Viola (Flashback); Captain Ambrose Cates (Flashback); Hugo; Viola's mother
Synopsis
Captain Satan loses his ferocity when he captures a ship that contains his mother-in-law.
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The King's Buccaneer (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A boy from an obscure Welsh village visited Bristol, England in 1653.
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By The Book (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
George Evans (signed)
Inks
George Evans (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You'd think that of all the things I'd seen and done in 1812...
Characters
Midshipman David Price; Harper
Synopsis
Midshipman Price tries to convince Harper to follow the book of rules.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

The Sheba (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Graham Ingels (signed as Graham)
Inks
Graham Ingels (signed as Graham)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Sheba died.
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Ben; Ben's father; Ivy; McGregor
Synopsis
Ben thinks the ship The Sheba is trying to kill him.
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Inheritance (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
Inks
Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The war frigate Don St. Louis, having completed a long tedious tour of duty...
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Count Charles Devigny; Emile Divigny; Sartre
Synopsis
When Emile Divigny wants his brother's title and lands he incites the crew to mutiny.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Scuttlebutt
  3. 2. Pirate Master
  4. 3. The King's Buccaneer
  5. 4. By The Book
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. The Sheba
  8. 7. Inheritance
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Dan Kocher
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jason Sacks
  • Tom Vincent
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