Piracy (comics)

Piracy is an EC Comics title published in the mid 1950s. The bi-monthly comic book, published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, began with an issue cover-dated October–November 1954. It ran for seven issues, ending with the October–November 1955 issue.

Piracy
Cover illustration by Bernard Krigstein
Publication information
Publisher	EC Comics
Schedule	Bi-monthly
Format	Anthology
Publication date	October/November 1954 - October/November 1955
No. of issues	7
Creative team
Artist(s)	Wally Wood Reed Crandall Bernard Krigstein George Evans

Front covers were by Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, Bernard Krigstein and George Evans. The stories of adventure on the high seas were illustrated by Wood, Crandall, Krigstein, Jack Davis, Al Williamson, Graham Ingels and Angelo Torres.

Piracy was reprinted (in black and white) as part of publisher Russ Cochran's The Complete EC Library. Between March and September 1998, Cochran (in association with Gemstone Publishing) reprinted all seven individual issues. This complete run was later rebound, with covers included, in a pair of softcover EC Annuals. Dark Horse reprinted Piracy as part of the EC Archives series in 2019.

Issue guide

#	Date	Cover Artist	Story	Story Artist
1	October/November 1954	Wally Wood	The Privateer	Reed Crandall
			The Mutineers	Wally Wood
			Harpooned	Al Williamson & Angelo Torres
			Shanghaied	Jack Davis
2	December/January 1955	Reed Crandall	Sea Food	Reed Crandall
			Kismet	Jack Davis
			The Shell Game	Al Williamson & Angelo Torres
			A Fitting End	Wally Wood
3	February/March 1955	Reed Crandall	Blackbeard	Reed Crandall
			U-Boat	Bernard Krigstein
			Mouse Trap	George Evans
			Slave Ship	Graham Ingels
4	April/May 1955	Reed Crandall	Pirate Master	Reed Crandall
			By the Book	George Evans
			The Sheba	Graham Ingels
			Inheritance	Bernard Krigstein
5	June/July 1955	Bernard Krigstein	Jean Lafitte	Reed Crandall
			Rag Doll	Graham Ingels
			Salvage	Bernard Krigstein
			The Keg	George Evans
6	August/September 1955	Bernard Krigstein	Fit for a King	Reed Crandall
			The Skipper	George Evans
			Fur Crazy	Graham Ingels
			Solitary	Jack Davis
7	October/November 1955	George Evans	Partners	Reed Crandall
			Up the River	Bernard Krigstein
			John's Reward	Graham Ingels
			Temptation	George Evans

See also

• List of Entertaining Comics publications

External links

• Comics book DB page