Complete Vintage 4 Volume Hardcover Set with publishers slipcase, 1980. Russ Cochrane, Publisher. West plains, MO. Unpaginated 4 volume set in Publishers slipcase. All 4 volumes are Very Good, no DJ's as issued. Just a whisper of shelf/edge wear to color-illustrated covers - corners sharp. Only flaws are that the spines of all 4 volumes have a bit of sun-fading and Vol 2 and Vol 3 have 2 pages each that have a very small coffee stain to the bottom of the page margin. Slipcase is VG with minor shelf/edge wear, dust soiling to edges but some moderate scuffing to the bottom edges. Two corners of the slipcase have a tape repair. No previous owner markings - all 4 volumes are clean and unmarked. Covers are color but the interior comics are Black and White. Vol 1 has issues: 18-23, Vol 2 has issues: 24-29, Vol 3 has issues: 30-35 and Vol 4 has issues: 36-41. Two-Fisted Tales is an anthology war comic published bi-monthly by EC Comics in the early 1950s. The title originated in 1950 when Harvey Kurtzman suggested to William Gaines that they publish an adventure comic. Kurtzman became the editor of Two-Fisted Tales, and with the dawn of the Korean War, he soon narrowed the focus to war stories. Artists who contributed included Kurtzman and other EC regulars such as John Severin, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, George Evans, Will Elder, Reed Crandall and Bernard Krigstein. Non-EC regulars that contributed to the comic included Alex Toth, Ric Estrada, Gene Colan, Joe Kubert and Dave Berg. Kurtzman wrote the majority of the book's stories from 1950 through 1953, with Jerry DeFuccio contributing one-page text stories and the occasional regular story as well. Colin Dawkins provided the writing for the majority of the stories for 1954 and 1955, with contributions from Davis, Evans and Severin. John Putnam, who scripted "Dien Bien Phu!" (#40), later became the art director of EC's Mad. Two-Fisted Tales has been reprinted several times. It was fully reprinted in a series of four black-and-white hardcover books by publisher Russ Cochran as part of The Complete EC Library in 1980. This is a very large and heavy set. My price will reflect the postage cost built in. A very handsome vintage set. LOC SS-TS-01 No jacket - as issued with Slipc
