Description: Key E.C. Comic: War Against Crime! This Auction Includes: LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: WAR AGAINST CRIME #11 CGC 3.0 With Cream To Off-White Pages From The End Of 1949, ~ The Rare VERY FIRST EC HORROR COVER! The SECOND APPEARANCE Of The Vault Keeper And The Vault Of Horror! And What A Cover By Johnny Craig, His First Of Many Great Horror Covers During The Pre-Code Period, Showing A Hapless Explorer In The Egyptian Burial Chamber, Unaware That An Ancient Mummy Has Risen From The Sarcophagus To Fulfill The Curse! It's Complete, Intact, Flat, Tight, Brilliant And Supple, An Unrestored Example In Lovely Condition With Nice Eye-Appeal. This Is One Of The All-Time Top Horror Keys, And It's Filled With The Work Of Highly-Collected Artists Including Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, Harry Harrison, And George Roussos. It Is From December Of 1949, As The Final Issue For February - March, 1950 From E.C. Comics, Not A Reprint; The Next Issue Was Officially Called "Vault Of Horror", And Continued The Numbering From This One, Beginning With Number 12, And It's Also A Historic E.C. Horror Book, Although This Lead-In Issue Boasting Their Very FIRST Horror Cover Strikes Me As Even More Important. It Helped To Jump-Start The Original Horror Craze And It Has The Ubiquitous Salacious Content Including Gore, Occult, Good Girl Art And Explicit Violence. This issue features terrific art, not just on the iconic Craig Mummy-From-The-Crypt cover but also in the twisted morbid tales to haunt your nightmares, including "Bed Of Murder", "Demons Of Death", "Eye-Witness", and "The Madman", and the haunting "The Mummy's Curse", by major talents including Harry Harrison and other legends including Roussos, Craig, and Feldstein. This increasingly-popular issue is flat, bold and glossy, and the green logo really pops against the jet black background; It provides a lot of bang for the buck, as it looks more attractive than you'd expect for the grade level, but a tear on the first page inside brought the numeric grade down to a more affordable level, making it accessible for more fans, --instead of just those looking to spend thou$ands! Please view our assorted photos, this is a solid copy. Crucial fare for any horror fan or collector of American pop culture from the middle of the twentieth century. MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF FILM, PULP FICTION, CINEMA AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL. This will be carefully packaged very well to ensure safe delivery. COLLECTOR'S ITEM KEY PRE-CODE EC HORROR COMIC. We are now selling many pre-code horror comic-books, plus sci-fi and crime, and even rare artwork, with more to come in the coming weeks. Which means this is a good opportunity for an astute fan to acquire multiple scarce items in one fell swoop, and save on shipping to boot. KEY COMICS is a long-term top rated ebay Seller and CBM Market Report contributor and CGC Member Dealer that has specialized in Mail-Order Comics & Art for well over three decades. WE LIST SCARCE & OUT-OF-PRINT COLLECTABLE COMICS FREQUENTLY, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN! We accept PayPal; checks/MO. * * SATISFACTION GUARANTEED * * International Customers Welcome. Please add $18 for fast Priority-Mail shipping with Signature Confirmation and Tracking within USA. Please contact us for details regarding International Shipping Rates as the ebay shipping calculator is usually inaccurate. Buy additional item(s) and save: just add 20-cents for each additional UN-slabbed comic-book. KEY COMICS IS ALWAYS DEALING IN COMICS & ART! ('30's to '70's) Add keycomics to your Favorite Sellers list if you buy/sell/trade back-issues or artwork! For more samples from our diverse inventory, including lots of CGC-Graded Pre-Code Horror Comics, and rare Comic Line Art, and DC COVER ART from the historic Jack Adler Collection that we listed in assorted categories, please see our ebay store.
Price: 1499.95 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-14T22:31:59.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist/Writer: Bill Gaines, Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, Harry Harrison
Certification Number: 1559622001
Cover Artist: Johnny Craig
Series Title: War Against Crime
Grade: 3.0 Good/Very Good
Publisher: EC Comics
Scarce Antique Comic Book: Fifties Horror, Crime, Shock & Occult
Publication Year: 1950
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: 11
Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
Genre: Crime & Thriller, Fantasy, Fiction, Folklore, Good Girl, Gothic, Historical & Mythological, Horror & Sci-Fi, Monster, Mystery, Noir, Occult, Post Apocalypse, Propaganda, Psychodrama, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Vampire, Weird
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
