Miscellaneous Publications

During the early years of the Comics Code Era some publishers attempted to distinguish themselves by publishing dramitic stories in comic form. EC tried, and failed, to gain readership by producing "New Directions" comics with medical, psychological, newpaper, and movie themes. Several of my collection are shown below.

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Md1.jpg (62165 bytes)M.D., Vol. 1, No. 1, April-May, 1955. Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories illustrated by Johnny Craig, Reed Crandall and Joe Orlando.
Valor2.jpg (71210 bytes)Valor, Vol. 1, No. 2, May-June, 1955. Cover and lead story art by Al Williamson. Other story art by B. Krigstein, Ingels, and Wally Wood.
Extra1.jpg (53323 bytes)Extra!, Vol. 1, No. 1, March-April, 1955. Cover and lead story art by Johnny Craig (who was also editor at L.L. Publishing, the publishers of E.C. Comics). Other story art by John Severin and Reed Crandall.
 

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