Impact (1955) #1

EC 1955–1955 series Cover date Mar 1955

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Impact #1 (1955) is issue #1 of EC's Impact (1955–1955), with a cover date of March 1955. Written by Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines, Carl Wessler and others and drawn by Reed Crandall, George Evans, Graham Ingels and others.

Creators

Writers: Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines, Carl Wessler, Guy de Maupassant
Pencillers: Reed Crandall, George Evans, Graham Ingels, Bernie Krigstein
Inkers: Reed Crandall, George Evans, Graham Ingels, Bernie Krigstein
Colorist: Marie Severin
Letterer: Jim Wroten
Cover artist: Jack Davis

The stories

“Tough Cop”

“The Diamond Pendant”

Larry and Millie are invited to a posh party at his employers home, but Millie is upset because the couple can't dress than fancy for it. Finally agreeing, she insists on wearing her friend's diamond pendant to the affair and Larry's boss, Mr. Allerton, is very impressed. However, somehow Millie loses the pendant and when the couple go to the jewelers to get a copy made, they discover the copy will cost $17,000. Larry's uncle agrees to loan them the money and they work hard to pay it, only to find out years later that Millie had borrowed a paste imitation!

“The Dress”

Martin Paulson tries to convince the coroner that Aunt Agatha was the killer of Janie instead of her dying from over-excitement. From the very beginning, young Janie wanted to wear her grandmother's dress, but Aunt Agatha would not allow her to and punished the young girl, all at the urging of Paulson. Then, after the death of Janie, Agatha revealed the true reason for not allowing Janie to wear the dress.

“Master Race”

At the end of World War 2, the commander of Belsen Concentration Camp fled across Europe and to America, always fearful of a lone camp inmate who threatened to find Reissman and make him pay for the atrocities that occurred in the camp during the war. His greatest fear is realized while riding a train and coming face to face with that inmate.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.