War Against Crime #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Woman Who Loved Life," a 1949 EC Comics standout, Johnny Craig crafts a gripping tale of ambition and consequence, with all art and inks by the writer himself. Midge, restless in her routine, trades her quiet life for a dangerous path of greed, using her policeman-husband’s secrets and a volatile partner to fuel a string of crimes—until the truth begins to unravel. The cover by Johnny Craig captures the story’s tense, shadowed mood, perfectly framing a tale that builds suspense with quiet menace.
In a 1949 tale of greed and deception, Midge Calhoun—wife of policeman Ed Calhoun—lets her boredom spiral into a deadly game of crime, using her husband’s inside knowledge and partnering with Pete Halladay to pull off daring robberies. As her ambitions grow, so does the danger, especially when Ed starts to suspect the truth, leading to a violent confrontation that leaves him helpless and her world unraveling.
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Reprinted in War Against Crime! #6 (1949), War Against Crime #6 (2000), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #25 (2019), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #28 (2020), War Against Crime #1
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