War Against Crime #8
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Last Round," EC's War Against Crime #8 (1949) delivers a tense, character-driven tale of ambition and downfall, spotlighting Archer—a cunning, well-mannered criminal whose sharp mind led him from small-time theft to organized crime. With stark, expressive art by Graham Ingels and a striking cover by Johnny Craig, the story unfolds as a meticulously laid trap closes in on a man whose greatest flaw may be his own confidence.
In "The Rise and Fall of Blackie Archer," a cunning criminal with a sharp mind and a fatal flaw finds himself outmaneuvered when his latest extortion scheme backfires. When the livery owner Mr. Gimple, pushed to desperation, turns to the authorities, a trap is set—pitting Blackie Archer against the very system he thought he could control.
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Reprinted in War Against Crime #8 (2000), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #23 (2018), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #28 (2020), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #36 (2024), War Against Crime #2
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