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Extra #5 DEC 55 Craig c Crandall, Severin a Last issue
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CLASSIC NEW DIRECTION TITLE CRAIG COVER AND ART LAST ISSUE SEVERIN,CRANDALL ARTART CODE APPROVED After the War ended, comic sales started to drop. More specifically, superheroes as a genre began to drop. Publishers looked around for something to replace the long-johns. Under the guidance of Max Gaines, had a history of publishing books such as Picture Stories of the Bible and Pictures Stories of American History. In 1947 Max Gaines died in a boating accident and his son William came in to deal with the family business. William had a slightly different take on the comic industry. Within a year the titles published by EC had begun to move away from the standards established by Max. William was trying to keep a company afloat in a decreasing market. The titles they published got them in a small amount of trouble with the public and ultimately the Senate. In response to the criticism of what they were publishing, Gaines and his staff got rid of the New Trend titles and came up with the New Direction books. These were meant to be a bit more palatable to the average reader, non-threatening to kids and Zombie-free. Taken from the world of newspapers, Extra debuted with stories based on newspaper stories of the day. This issue features a cover by Johnny Craig. The first three issues of this title featured B/W cover art. The lack of color was felt to be hurting sales so with issue #4 they changed artistic direction. Note that this issue is Code approved. It is also the last issue of the title. The book has been graded VG+. The cover is a bit worn but it still has a nice bit of a reflective gloss. The spine has some stress. The staples are solid. Pages are off-white. The interiors look great.Current Overstreet value of the book in VF condition is $94. Books will be shipped via ground UPS with delivery confirmation, unless you request otherwise. All books ship insured through UPS. We are not responsible for loss or damage to uninsured packages.We will combine orders. Foreign bidders are more than welcome. However, we will cannot understate the value of the item on the customs declaration. If this is unacceptable to you, please do not bid. We can combine shipping with other sales if asked. MD and PA residents must add applicable sales tax.
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