CRIME SUSPENSTORIES (1950-55) #20
CGC NM-: 9.2
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PUBLISHER: EC
COMMENTS: ow/white pages; QES certified - criteria met: preferred staple placement + perfect staple area + perfect spine + deep color strike (purple & yellow)
Johnny Craig hanging man cover; cited in "Seduction of the Innocent"
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Johnny Craig hanging man cover; cited in "Seduction of the Innocent"
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ow/white pages; QES certified - criteria met: preferred staple placement + perfect staple area + perfect spine + deep color strike (purple & yellow)
Johnny Craig hanging man cover; cited in "Seduction of the Innocent"
Johnny Craig's gruesome cover for Crime SuspenStories #20 made it into Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent as Illustration #10, captioned as "Cover of a children's comic book." From there, Craig's work would be cited in the 1954 sessions of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency, leading to the creation of the Comics Code Authority (and the demise of several classic comic book titles).
That's already enough to make this comic a collectible pop-culture curio. That cover is just the start, however, with Crime SuspenStories #20 also a legendary offering of EC Comics' greatest talents. Craig does double-duty as writer and artist, while the book's other illustrators include Marie Severin, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, and Reed Crandall. The pre-Code mayhem includes a married couple out to kill each other, brothers bungling at murdering mobsters, and a pair of jealous stunt fliers looking to end each other over a gal.
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Johnny Craig hanging man cover; cited in "Seduction of the Innocent"
Johnny Craig's gruesome cover for Crime SuspenStories #20 made it into Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent as Illustration #10, captioned as "Cover of a children's comic book." From there, Craig's work would be cited in the 1954 sessions of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency, leading to the creation of the Comics Code Authority (and the demise of several classic comic book titles).
That's already enough to make this comic a collectible pop-culture curio. That cover is just the start, however, with Crime SuspenStories #20 also a legendary offering of EC Comics' greatest talents. Craig does double-duty as writer and artist, while the book's other illustrators include Marie Severin, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, and Reed Crandall. The pre-Code mayhem includes a married couple out to kill each other, brothers bungling at murdering mobsters, and a pair of jealous stunt fliers looking to end each other over a gal.
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