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2Summer 1948
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War Against Crime #2

EC · Summer 1948 · on sale 1948-05-10

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Identification plate

Series
War Against Crime (EC, 1948 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
Summer 1948
Key date
1948-07-00
On-sale date
1948-05-10
Indicia publisher
L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig
1Hank "Two-Gun" Corley!comic story9pencils: Lee Ames; inks: Lee Ames
2Sure-Fire Winners!promo (ad from the publisher)1
3The Crystal Ball Killercomic story7pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch
4The Snow Trailtext story2letters: typeset
5America's First Crimecomic story7pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Leonard StarrBenedict Arnold
6The Saga of Spotlight Johncomic story5pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; letters: Jim WrotenSpotlight John Morlan (death); Lightnin' Bill Sutter (villain, mention only, death); Scar Meldrum (villain, death); Meldrum's gang (villains, many die)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
War Against Crime #22000On eBay ›
Doctor of Horror and Other Stories
ISBN 9781683961383		2018On eBay ›
War Against Crime #11993On eBay ›
Kamen's Kalamity and Other Stories
ISBN 9781683969181		2024On eBay ›

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Series context

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