War Against Crime #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Public Enemy... The Story of 'Machine-Gun' Kelley!" kicks off with a gripping tale of betrayal and desperation, following Dmitri Martine as he navigates a web of crime and double-crosses. Written, drawn, and inked by Johnny Craig—whose sharp, dynamic style defines the era—this 1948 EC Comics standout presents a high-stakes showdown between a cunning criminal and the law, all set against the gritty backdrop of postwar urban crime. The cover by Johnny Craig captures the tension perfectly, a stark visual echo of the story’s dangerous game.
In "Portfolio of Death!", Dmitri Martine finds himself caught in a deadly game when he learns the police have evidence that could end his criminal empire. With his allies arrested and a trap set at police HQ, Martine sends his men to retrieve the incriminating files—only to realize too late that the entire operation was a carefully laid ambush.
In "Smokin' Six-Guns!", two brothers with a taste for frontier legend—Bud and Tom Harvey—take to the rails as outlaws, but their romanticized notion of robbing trains quickly turns deadly when they cross paths with Sheriff Martin Hughes and a woman named Ellen Harvey, whose life becomes entangled in their violent path.
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Reprinted in Gunfighter #7 (1948), War Against Crime #1 (2000), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #23 (2018), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #25 (2019), War Against Crime #1
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