#26 Fixer
#26 Fixer
Published December 1954
Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Carl Wessler and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Marie Severin, Joe Orlando, and Reed Crandall. EC’s New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A struggling family takes a turn for the worse when suspicions fall on them for serial killings, but no one suspects the identity of the true murderer. A jealous husband sees a TV wrestling match as proof of his suspicions, but forgets that not everything you see on wrestling shows is real. A firefighter is the last person anyone would suspect of arson. The cover by Jack Kamen directly references Bernie Krigstein’s famous story “Master Race,” originally scheduled for this issue, but postponed to Impact (1955 EC) #1 instead due to art delays. The Fixer; Dead Center; The Firebug; Comeback. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
