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Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein - Original Art fo

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Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein - Original Art fo
Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein - Original Art for Crime Patrol #13, Complete 8-page Story, "Edna Sunday" (EC, 1949). Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein teamed up on this story, using their joint pseudonym "F. C. Aljon." Johnny Craig wrote and drew most of this story. EC expert Bill Mason, in his art analysis of this story wrote, "Feldstein's only contribution is the pencils from panel 5, page 5 to the end." The overall art paper measures 15" x 22", with an image area of 13" x 18". Some of the blue under-penciling shows from beneath the inks. The title splash on page 1 has a fascinating art correction. The top, corrected panel has come loose, revealing the original panel art beneath it. This art, under the large portrait of Edna Sunday, is a close-up scene of a man being garroted with a rope. How interesting that this early pre-Code Crime art was edited with such restraint. Craig would later go on to do some of the most famous, and gruesome, cover scenes for EC. The Crime Patrol title stats at the top of each page have fallen off, leaving a glue stain. Important notice: Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.