(November-December 1955)

EC, 1955 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1955
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
EC An Entertaining Comic
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Marie Severin (color editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Evans (signed)
Inks
George Evans (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin ?

Genre
aviation; historical; war
Reprints
Keywords
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk; fighter aircraft; Imperial Japanese Army Air Service; Republic of China Air Force; World War II

C'est la Guerre! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck ?
Pencils
George Evans (signed)
Inks
George Evans (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Lieutenant Adams (pilot); Major Bronson (American squadron commander); unnamed French Colonel (squadron commander); Le Squadron Chien Rouge (Red Dog Squadron)
Synopsis
An American flight group roll dice to decide who will go on a suicide mission, and the French captain can not understand the Americans.
Reprints
Keywords
Nieuport; World War I

Indexer Notes

Letterer and colorist credits by Craig Delich.

Some of the story is told in flashback.

Airman Unknown (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation
Reprints

Iron Man (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Fred Allison; Jim Hadly; Johnson; Hart; Saxon
Synopsis
Fred Allison believes he can't be shot down.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

WWII story.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Spads Were Trump (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
Inks
Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Lieutenant Walt Muller; Jordan; Colonel Ernst Roegen; Burke; the Red Eagle (villain, death)
Synopsis
Lt. Muller is the best ace in the group, but he seems to be afraid of the German ace named the Red Eagle. But, in the end, the truth came out: the Eagle was Walt's brother!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

WWI story.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The Entertainment Box (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Reprints

Ordeal (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Inks
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten (sourced)

Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Lieutenant Stoner; Moody (death); Generalissimo Chiang Khai-shek (cameo); General Claire Chennault (cameo); the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis
Lieutenant Stoner, an experienced pilot with 32 missions to his credit, must do the one thing that scares him more than any of those missions could have.
Reprints
Keywords
P-40; World War II

Indexer Notes

Much of the story is told in flashback.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. C'est la Guerre!
  3. 2. Airman Unknown
  4. 3. Iron Man
  5. 4. Spads Were Trump
  6. 5. The Entertainment Box
  7. 6. Ordeal
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Craig Delich
  • Bill Devine
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Steve Jenner
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Tom Vincent