#03 gentle as a whisper
#03 gentle as a whisper
EC Comics August 1955
Cover by Joe Orlando. Stories by Otto Binder and E. Toomey. Art by Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, Bernie Krigstein, and Joe Orlando. One of EC Comics’ late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring historical adventure.A Roman commander learns the hard way that ambition is no substitute for strategy, with art by Al Williamson. An ailing pharaoh has an unusual reason to have his slaves work on a pyramid, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein. A stand-off between King Richard and Saladin during the Crusades is ended by a soldier’s treachery, with Reed Crandall art. The Cloak of Command; Gentle as a Whisper; The Pyramid; The Wandering Minstrel; Debt of Honor. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
#03 gentle as a whisper
