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Piracy #1

EC · October-November 1954

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Identification plate

Series
Piracy (EC, 1954 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
October-November 1954
Key date
1954-10-10
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Al Feldstein
1Scuttlebuttforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1letters: typeset
2The Privateercomic story7pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten
3E.C. Went to Sea In Search of Another New Trend...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
4The Mutineerscomic story8pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten
5Harpoonedcomic story6pencils: Al Williamson; inks: Angelo Torres; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten
6The Challengetext story1pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; colors: Marie Severin
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
8Shanghaiedcomic story7pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Piracy #11998On eBay ›
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Piracy Annual #11998On eBay ›
Piracy Annual #21998On eBay ›
Piracy #[nn]1988On eBay ›
The EC Archives: Piracy #[nn]
ISBN 9781506707006; 1506707009		2019On eBay ›
Pirates: A Treasure of Comics to Plunder, Arrr! #[nn]
ISBN 9781951038045		2020On eBay ›

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Series context

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