Howard Larsen
Illustration — Howard Larsen's art for EC's Crime Patrol #11 (1949) Howard Larsen was an American comic book illustrator for EC Comics and other publishers during the 1940s and 1950s.
Howard Larsen

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Illustration — Howard Larsen's art for EC's Crime Patrol #11 (1949) Howard Larsen was an American comic book illustrator for EC Comics and other publishers during the 1940s and 1950s.
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Crime and Western comics
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Specializing in crime and Western stories, Larsen contributed to several comics publishers, including American (Spy-Hunters), Avon (Romantic Love, Slave Girl, Wild Bill Hickok), Charlton Comics (Marvels of Science), Et-Es-Go (Suspense), Fiction House (Jungle Comics, Planet Comics, Wings Comics), Novelty (Blue Bolt), St. John Publications (The Texan) and Victory (X-Venture).
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EC Comics
His stories for EC were in Crime Patrol #11 ("The Werewolf's Curse!"), Crime Patrol #12 ("The Hanged Man’s Revenge"), The Vault of Horror #21 ("That’s a ‘Croc’!") and Tales from the Crypt #26 ("The Borrowed Body").

Slave Girl Comics #1, Page 3 February, 1949
Howard Larsen

Slave Girl Comics #1, Page 4 February, 1949
Howard Larsen
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