War Against Crime #5 The Promise Collection Pedigree (EC, 1949) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....

Auction amount: $7,800.00

Sold: Sep 12, 2021

War Against Crime! #5 Values

Publisher: EC, 1949

About War Against Crime! #5

Johnny Craig cover. Al Feldstein story and art. Graham Ingels art.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks: Johnny Craig (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: Little Miss Mob Marker

Characters: Policemen [Bill; other unnamed]; Betty Zalman [aka Mob Marker; Miss Swenley] (villain, death); Happy Gordon (villain, racketeer); Marker's Gang (villains, some die)

Synopsis: Betty was a drugstore counter girl who was not content with an easy, slow life. She wanted things and wanted them now, so she resorted to using a gun and hopped up gunmen to get them for her. Her first target was found at the Fifty-Four Club and she was then on a roll of crime and murder, teaming up with racketeer, Happy Gordon. Having banked most her loot, Betty wants to retire, but fears Gordon will not allow it, so she decides to betray Gordon to the law. Wounded, Gordon decides on payback.....and gets his revenge.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Johnny Craig ?

Pencils: Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks: Johnny Craig (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Thommy Burns, in his hard cover October 2019 volume "The Woman Who Loved Life and Other Stories", published by Fantagraphics Books, mentions that by this time in Craig's career, Craig was scripting almost all the stuff he was illustrating. Script credit by Thommy Burns, added by Craig Delich.

Title: Curse of the Pharaoh

Characters: Metropolis Museum guards [Bill; Johnson; Brown; Kelly]; Jim (museum detective); Towne (museum curator); Mr. Daly (detective); Tut-Ma (Pharoah of Egypt, image only); Fingers Sharp (villain, jewel thief, death)

Synopsis: A fabulous emerald scarab, once the property of the Pharoah of Egypt and worth a million dollars. is on display at the Metropolis Museum. The museum's detective, however, is worried as a noted jewel thief has been casing the museum and soon steals it. However, the scarab he stole soon reveals the location of the thief, who dies at the hands of a detective.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Graham Ingels

Inks: Graham Ingels

Letters: Jim Wroten

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	24
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	4	1	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	25

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