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5February-March 1949
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War Against Crime #5

EC · February-March 1949 · on sale 1948-11-15

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Identification plate

Series
War Against Crime (EC, 1948 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
February-March 1949
Key date
1949-02-00
On-sale date
1948-11-15
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
2Little Miss Mob Markercomic story9script: Johnny Craig; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim WrotenPolicemen [Bill; other unnamed]; Betty Zalman [aka Mob Marker; Miss Swenley] (villain, death); Happy Gordon (villain, racketeer); Marker's Gang (villains, some die)
3Curse of the Pharaohcomic story8pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; letters: Jim WrotenMetropolis Museum guards [Bill; Johnson; Brown; Kelly]; Jim (museum detective); Towne (museum curator); Mr. Daly (detective); Tut-Ma (Pharaoh of Egypt, image only); Fingers Sharp (villain, jewel thief, death)
4Sure-Fire Winners!promo (ad from the publisher)1
5Three Time Losertext story2letters: typesetJim Shank; Fred Drogg; Red Sampson; unnamed police officer
6The Law's Revenge!comic story10script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al FeldsteinCharles Hanley; Frank Binder; landlady; gas station attendant; two motorcycle policemen; Ralph Duncan; Mrs. Duncan; detective Walker; police chief; Barkley; watchman; judge
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (cover reproductions); inks: ? (cover reproductions); letters: typeset

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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