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Title: TWO-FISTED TALES No. 18 * 1st Issue
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Publisher:EC [Indicia: Fables Publishing Co., Inc.]
Date Published: November-December, 1950
Description:

G/VG (3.0). Spine roll, transverse tears to spine, some nicks and tears, top corner bumped and creased, covers wrinkled, 2" internal tear to back cover, dampspot to bottom back cover and last page. Off-white pages. Cover: Harvey Kurtzman. Art: Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Johnny Craig (each of whom scripted his own story – this may be the only EC comic with all stories scripted by the artists). GPAnalysis: A 3.0 sold for $280 in 4/20.

"Two-Fisted Tales #18 featured Harvey Kurtzman's first cover for an EC comic book, a scene from the inside story by Johnny Craig. It broke from the cover design used on the other EC titles, which set the logo in a separate box. Kurtzman wanted the cover to 'breathe,' so he extended the artwork behind the title logo to the top of the page... Kurtzman instinctively knew how to create covers with visual impact." – Bill Schelly, Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in America. Fantagraphics: 2015, p. 167.

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