FIGHT AGAINST CRIME #17 * CGC 5.0 * CARRION DEATH" Swipe * Wildey Cops CRANDALL"
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Title: FIGHT AGAINST CRIME No. 17
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Publisher:Story [Indicia: Story Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: January, 1954
Description: CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Light bends to cover; light creasing to cover; very light spine splits to cover.
CGC Census: 23 graded copies (22 Universal, 1 Restored).
GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $227 in 6/16; a 4.0 sold for $515 in 9/23.
Credits: Cover: Unknown artist (Bob Baer inks?). Art: Doug Wildey, Ed Goldfarb. Overstreet: "EC story swipe, Shock Suspenstories #9; knife through neck cover." Wildey Cops Crandall: Crazy mag, violent AF. Knife-in-neck cover; hanging panels; doc carves man's heart out; man snuffs fat wife and uses her corpse to insulate the walls. The horror highlight is Doug Wildey's "Trapped," a blatant swipe of Reed Crandall's classic "Carrion Death," in which a killer, cuffed to a corpse, ends up as buzzard chow. Wildey does Crandall's version justice, complete with gory eye socket and fleshless rib cage, all delineated in his slick, illustrative style. Wildey may have derived perverse pleasure from aping EC, as years later he openly lamented the fact that in his comics career he worked for pretty much every publisher except "the good one," EC (See "Wildey Rides Again" text feature by John Weeks, Rio at Bay #1, Dark Horse, 1992).
"Wildey's 'Trapped,' from Fight Against Crime #17, is a decent copy-job of 'Carrion Death' from Shock SuspenStories #9. This is the oft-reprinted EC tale wherein a murderer has to drag the corpse of the policeman to which he is handcuffed across the desert. The last two panels of Story's story are virtually identical to those of EC. (Was EC too busy fending off the Senate committee and all its minions to be pursuing its imitators in court?)." – George Suarez, Tales Too Terrible To Tell #5. NEC: 1992, p. 36.______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
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Title: FIGHT AGAINST CRIME No. 17
Place Published:
Publisher:Story [Indicia: Story Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: January, 1954
Description: CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Light bends to cover; light creasing to cover; very light spine splits to cover.
CGC Census: 23 graded copies (22 Universal, 1 Restored).
GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $227 in 6/16; a 4.0 sold for $515 in 9/23.
Credits: Cover: Unknown artist (Bob Baer inks?). Art: Doug Wildey, Ed Goldfarb. Overstreet: "EC story swipe, Shock Suspenstories #9; knife through neck cover." Wildey Cops Crandall: Crazy mag, violent AF. Knife-in-neck cover; hanging panels; doc carves man's heart out; man snuffs fat wife and uses her corpse to insulate the walls. The horror highlight is Doug Wildey's "Trapped," a blatant swipe of Reed Crandall's classic "Carrion Death," in which a killer, cuffed to a corpse, ends up as buzzard chow. Wildey does Crandall's version justice, complete with gory eye socket and fleshless rib cage, all delineated in his slick, illustrative style. Wildey may have derived perverse pleasure from aping EC, as years later he openly lamented the fact that in his comics career he worked for pretty much every publisher except "the good one," EC (See "Wildey Rides Again" text feature by John Weeks, Rio at Bay #1, Dark Horse, 1992).
"Wildey's 'Trapped,' from Fight Against Crime #17, is a decent copy-job of 'Carrion Death' from Shock SuspenStories #9. This is the oft-reprinted EC tale wherein a murderer has to drag the corpse of the policeman to which he is handcuffed across the desert. The last two panels of Story's story are virtually identical to those of EC. (Was EC too busy fending off the Senate committee and all its minions to be pursuing its imitators in court?)." – George Suarez, Tales Too Terrible To Tell #5. NEC: 1992, p. 36.______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
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