Crime Patrol #7 (June 1948, EC Comics) — GD+ 2.5
“Captain Crime! The Field-Marshal of Murder!” — Early EC Crime Before the Horror Era
A key pre–New Trend EC issue, published just three years before EC shifts into full horror mode with Crypt, Vault, and Haunt. Crime Patrol #7 still carries the last traces of EC’s post-war crime/adventure DNA — but the grit, the violence, and the Johnny Craig tone are already creeping in. Numbering continues from International Crime Patrol #6.
📚 Contents
Cover: Johnny Craig — Captain Crime presides over a roundtable of killers like a military mastermind.
“Captain Crime!: The Field-Marshal of Murder!”
Craig — A criminal mastermind organizes murder like a battlefield campaign.
“Van Manhattan: Death by Rocket Bomb!”
Moldoff — A stray kite leads to a villain launching explosives from the sky.
“Chessmen: Slaughter From the Sky!”
Fox — A noir-style team tracks a new aerial weapon of terror.
“Madelon: The Rocket in the Ruins!”
Craig — Action heroine Madelon takes on a madman firing rockets from a ruined castle.
📝 Maj. Picto’s Grading Notes
GD+ (2.5) — Complete copy with solid structure for the grade. General surface wear, corner rounding, spine wear, and small edge tears present. Light soiling to back cover, interior pages cream/tan but fully readable with no pieces missing. Presents better than grade suggests — excellent entry point for early EC crime before the horror revolution.
Crime Patrol #7 (June 1948, EC Comics) — GD+ 2.5
“Captain Crime! The Field-Marshal of Murder!” — Early EC Crime Before the Horror Era
A key pre–New Trend EC issue, published just three years before EC shifts into full horror mode with Crypt, Vault, and Haunt. Crime Patrol #7 still carries the last traces of EC’s post-war crime/adventure DNA — but the grit, the violence, and the Johnny Craig tone are already creeping in. Numbering continues from International Crime Patrol #6.
📚 Contents
Cover: Johnny Craig — Captain Crime presides over a roundtable of killers like a military mastermind.
“Captain Crime!: The Field-Marshal of Murder!”
Craig — A criminal mastermind organizes murder like a battlefield campaign.
“Van Manhattan: Death by Rocket Bomb!”
Moldoff — A stray kite leads to a villain launching explosives from the sky.
“Chessmen: Slaughter From the Sky!”
Fox — A noir-style team tracks a new aerial weapon of terror.
“Madelon: The Rocket in the Ruins!”
Craig — Action heroine Madelon takes on a madman firing rockets from a ruined castle.
📝 Maj. Picto’s Grading Notes
GD+ (2.5) — Complete copy with solid structure for the grade. General surface wear, corner rounding, spine wear, and small edge tears present. Light soiling to back cover, interior pages cream/tan but fully readable with no pieces missing. Presents better than grade suggests — excellent entry point for early EC crime before the horror revolution.
