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1March-April 1955
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Impact #1

EC · March-April 1955

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Identification plate

Series
Impact (EC, 1955 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
March-April 1955
Key date
1955-03-10
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin
1The Punch Bowlforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Al Feldstein
2Tough Copcomic story5script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten
3Thirty Dollarstext story1colors: Marie Severin
4The Diamond Pendantcomic story7script: Guy de Maupassant, Carl Wessler; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenLarry Horton (death); Millie Horton (Larry's wife); Julia Banfield (Millie's friend); Mr. Allerton (Larry's boss); Alfred Burwell (Larry's uncle); Whitley (jeweler's department head); Mr. Hawley (dress manuafacturer)
5-promo (ad from the publisher)2
7The Dresscomic story6script: Al Feldstein; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenMr. Kress (coroner); Martin Paulson; Agatha Donald (Janie's aunt); Janie Donald (death)
8Master Racecomic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Bernie Krigstein; inks: Bernie Krigstein; colors: Bernie Krigstein, Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wrotenunnamed concentration camp survivor; Carl Reissman (villain, Belsen Concentration Camp Commander, death); Adolf Hitler (villain, in flashback); The Nazis (villains, in flashback)

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
'white' title edition (Charlton printing)See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn]1970On eBay ›
A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics #[nn]
ISBN 0-87474-228-5; 0-8109-0696-1
1981On eBay ›
Impact #11999On eBay ›
Messages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-580-8
2013On eBay ›
EC Portfolio #61977On eBay ›
B. Krigstein #1
ISBN 1560974664
2002On eBay ›
Impact #[nn]1988On eBay ›
Master Race and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-68396-094-2
2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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