Description: Drug Issue: Fight Against Crime! This Auction Includes: LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: FIGHT AGAINST CRIME #4 CGC 5.0 With Cream To Off-White Pages, The FINEST COPY KNOWN TO EXIST, Hailing From The Renowned BLACK CAT COLLECTION, And Released In 1951 By Story Comics. The Intense Cover By Bill Fraccio Shows A Doomed Police Officer, Strapped To The Mobster's Demented Electric Chair. In Addition To This Shocking Cop-In-The-Electric-Chair Cover, It Features A Truly Memorable Crazy Anti-Cannabis Story, "Hopped Up Killer", Drawn By The Masterful Lou Cameron, Showing How The "Evil Majihuana" And "Hashish" Leads The Innocent Youths To Quickly Become Addicts, Committing Any Types Of Crimes To Get Their Next "Reefer", Until, Due To The Paranoia Caused By The Excessive Weed Puffage One Of The "Hop-Heads" Imagination Gets The Best Of Him And He Shoots An Innocent Cop That Hadn't Even Glanced His Way Yet. Fight Against Crime Became Notorious As One Of The Earliest Titles That Fused The Most Lurid Genres, To Attract Readers Looking For Crime OR Horror Comics; A Technique Which Eventually Became Common In Other Auspicious Titles Such As Crime SuspenStories, Crime Mysteries, Shock Suspense, And Shocking Mystery Cases. This Issue Is Listed Out In The Overstreet Guide For The Controversial "Drug Story - Hopped Up Killers", And The Drug Propaganda In This Comic Is Layered On Thick, Folks, With Too Many Depictions Of Joint-Toking And Mentions Of Narcotics Jargon To Count; So It's Been Reprinted Multiple Times Over The Decades In Various Books On The Classic Drug Stories From The Twentieth Century. This Obscure Anti-Marijuana Issue Is So Rare That Even CGC Has Only Seen A Few Copies, TOTAL, In Their Two Dozen Years Of Operation, Which Is Insane, And Begs The Question: -- Is THIS The Rarest Drug Book?! It Continues To Remain A Sleeper, As Few Fans Have Heard About It, And Most Dealers Have Never Seen A Copy. Folks Will Gleefully Pay A Fortune For A Presentable Copy Of Issue #20, But This One With The Eye-Popping Jarring Bondage/Electric Chair Cover, Makes That Late Number Seem Like A Common! Whether Or Not It's The Toughest Drug Propaganda Comic To Procure, Or The One With The Most Images Of Drug Use And Most Mentions Of The Evil Reefer Will Perhaps Forever Be Debated In The Smoky Backrooms Of Dank Comic-Stores, But Look At The Couple Random Representative Pages I Showed Pictures Of, And Realize, The Whole Salacious Story Is Like That! In Addition To This Infamous Cannabis Story It Also Features Exciting Violent Tales Including "Slaughter For Two Cons" Which Is Drawn By The Underrated Hy Fleishman, Followed By "The Witness Is DEATH" By The Highly Respected A.C. Hollingsworth. It Also Includes The Bloody Finale, "Paid Off In Lead", Which Is Likely Drawn By The Great Cover Artist, Bill Fraccio. While Others May Offer Repro Copies And Photocopy Editions, This Is A Bona Fide Unrestored First Print From 1951, And It Is The TOP GRADED EXAMPLE On The Current CGC Census. This Anti-Drug Classic Is SO RARE That THIS EXACT COPY, SOLD BY HERITAGE AS PART OF THE VAUNTED BLACK CAT COLLECTION A COUPLE YEARS BACK, REMAINS THE ONLY CGC CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS ISSUE ON GPA! YEP, ZERO SALES IN ANY OTHER GRADES, AND THIS IS THE SINGLE HIGHEST ON THE ENTIRE CGC CENSUS, AND IT SPORTS THE STICKER ON THE UPPER LABEL AREA, SHOWING IT'S PART OF THE INCREDIBLE BLACK CAT COLLECTION, CURATED BY MASTER SUPER-COLLECTOR GABRIEL VAUGHN, ALONG WITH TOO MANY EXCEPTIONAL HORROR AND CRIME COMICS TO MENTION HERE! Don't Take This Chance To Score A World-Class Pedigree Copy Lightly, Or You May End Up Settling For A Humiliating Replica Facsimile Instead. It Includes The Original Heritage Comics Auction Invoice, Documenting When And Where It Sold Cheap (They Didn't Promote It At All Nor Disclose That It Contains A Drug Story, Nor Even Mention That It Is Rare, So When It Was Understandably Overlooked Amongst The Many Well-Hyped Pre-Code Goodies From The Beloved Pedigree I Snagged It At A Bargain Price!) The Polybag With The Heritage Auction Lot Label Showing A Picture Of This Lovely Copy Is Also Present, Further Preserving The Chain Of Ownership, Along With The Round Sticker Stating "Black Cat Collection" On The Upper Case Next To The Numeric Grade. THIS ANTIQUE COMIC-BOOK HAD AN ORIGINAL PRICE OF TEN CENTS. The Crime, Shock, Cannabis Prohibition, Treating Police Contemptuously, Good Girl, And Mystery Themes Never Go Out Of Style! This hails from a dark, dry, pet-free, climate-controlled environment. Although it's over seventy years old it retains an impressive amount of luster along with bold colors. No comparable examples are known to exist, indeed this beauty tops the census, with NO other copies graded above VG 4.0. MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF CINEMA, TELEVISION, POP CULTURE AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL. This will be carefully packaged very thoroughly to ensure safe delivery. RARE POLICE TORTURE COVER & DRUG STORY COMIC. Any pre-code fan will want to see our ebay store, featuring many sweet horror, GGA, classic cover, true crime, and sci-fi offerings. WE ACTIVELY BUY, SELL AND TRADE VINTAGE COMICS, SO PLEASE CONTACT US WITH IDEAS & OFFERS. Many of you have dealt with us through our ads in CBM, CBG, O.P.G., etc. (Comic Book Marketplace, Comics Buyer's Guide, Overstreet Price Guide, Wizard, Comic Source, Combo, +...) We are secure packagers and prompt shippers so expect to be pleased. As Usual: LOW BUY IT NOW PRICE AND NO RESERVE! 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Price: 1749.95 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2025-02-08T01:51:28.000Z
Shipping Cost: 16 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Tradition: US Comics
Certification Number: 1615977007
Series Title: Fight Against Crime
Grade: 5.0 Very Good/Fine
Publisher: Story Comics
Scarce Antique Comic Book: Pre-Code Crime, Mystery & Horror, Classic Cover And Story
Certification: CGC
Publication Year: 1951
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: 4
Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
Genre: Crime & Thriller, Drugs, Espionage, Fantasy, Good Girl, Gothic, Historical & Mythological, Horror & Sci-Fi, Monster, Mystery, Navy, Noir, Occult, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Supernatural, Suspense, Vampire, War, Weird
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
