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4April-May 1955
$0.10

Piracy #4

EC · April-May 1955

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Identification plate

Series
Piracy (EC, 1954 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
April-May 1955
Key date
1955-04-10
Indicia publisher
I. C. Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin
1Scuttlebuttletters page1letters: typeset
2Pirate Mastercomic story7pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenCaptain Satan [Juniper Dell]; Starkey; Viola (Flashback); Captain Ambrose Cates (Flashback); Hugo; Viola's mother
3The King's Buccaneertext story1letters: typeset
4By The Bookcomic story6script: Carl Wessler; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenMidshipman David Price; Harper
5-promo (ad from the publisher)2
6The Shebacomic story6pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenBen; Ben's father; Ivy; McGregor
7Inheritancecomic story7pencils: Bernie Krigstein; inks: Bernie Krigstein; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenCount Charles Devigny; Emile Divigny; Sartre

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Piracy #41998On eBay ›
Piracy Annual #11998On eBay ›
Piracy #[nn]1988On eBay ›
Reed Crandall's EC Stories Artist's Edition #[nn]2017On eBay ›
The EC Archives: Piracy #[nn]
ISBN 9781506707006; 1506707009		2019On eBay ›
EC Covers
ISBN 979-8-88724-044-2		2024On eBay ›

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Series context

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