Grail Acquired: EC KO Punch UPDATED WITH COMPLETE INTERIOR!

[eccomic]

I would like to share the end of my journey for the acquistion of rare EC comics.

 

All these years collecting RARE EC comics and I have finally obtained my grail: KO Punch.

 

There are no reported sales other than a hole punched copy on Heritage back it the day, and other than the copy that resides in Jim Halperin's personal collection, I know of no other copies extant. I have personally NEVER seen a copy in my 30 years of collecting EC comics, or any comics for that matter.

 

Would it be stretching it to say that this is the RAREST EC?

 

 

Has any other board members seen a copy or own a copy?

[lpsunburst]

That is indeed a rare one, has it ever been determined who gave those away? Its about the dangers of sex isn't it?

[eccomic]

It discusses the ramifications of having an extramarital affair: VD

 

It was published by Educational Comics and I imagine it was possibly distributed in high school classroom. But why do virtually no copies survive?

[lpsunburst]

Probably for the same reason I don't have any of my Officer Friendly coloring books, that's why they call it ephemera...

[KirbyJack]

Wow.

I don't think I'd ever even heard of that one!

[comicjack]

New one on me and i like them rare.Congrats!

[Vision75]

Sweet!!

[EC ed]

 

[pemart1966]

Nice find!

 

Anything in the book to indicate in what year it was published?

 

Curious as to where the narrative blurb is that says that it's published by EC.

 

What's the page count?

 

Tx - Peter

[Bronty]

Congrats!!

 

My wildly uneducated guess Is that these would have been distributed to servicemen. I doubt many copies ever even made it off the military base.

[eccomic]

Nice find!

 

Anything in the book to indicate in what year it was published?

 

Curious as to where the narrative blurb is that says that it's published by EC.

 

What's the page count?

 

Tx - Peter

 

16 pages. Educational Comics 1952

 

Indicia on inside front cover gives the above details

[DR.X]

what's the date on it?

[eccomic]

Congrats!!

 

My wildly uneducated guess Is that these would have been distributed to servicemen. I doubt many copies ever even made it off the military base.

 

My two cents says it was distributed to high school students to propogate the evils of infidelity and VD

[lpsunburst]

Nice find!

 

Anything in the book to indicate in what year it was published?

 

Curious as to where the narrative blurb is that says that it's published by EC.

 

What's the page count?

 

Tx - Peter

 

16 pages. Educational Comics 1952

 

Indicia on inside front cover gives the above details

 

I have seen that book listed for 1948 also, I wonder if they printed the same book for a few years since it was a handout.

[Bronty]

Ah, that probably makes more sense. although it doesn't explain the rarity as conveniently

[catrick339]

I'd heard of it, never seen a copy. Congratulations!

[rjpb]

All VD comics are relatively scarce though some more than others. My guess is folks may have been more self conscious about keeping them around than they would a giveaway about the wonders of electricity

[Bo_Hogg]

Eccomic, you are my hero!!!!!!!! I have never seen one EVER!!!!!!

[Foxtrot70]

Eccomic, you are my hero!!!!!!!! I have never seen one EVER!!!!!!

 

Sorry but we need a photo of Eccomic in a colored spandex uniform before we can officially assign the title of hero upon him.

[kelholt]

Nice book and find.

Have a good story about how/where you located it ?