Extra! (comics)

Extra! was a short-lived American comic book magazine published by EC Comics in 1955 as the third title in its New Direction line. The bi-monthly comic was published by Bill Gaines and edited by Johnny Craig. It lasted a total of five issues before being cancelled, along with EC's other New Direction comics.^[1]

Extra!
Johnny Craig cover, issue #1
Publication information
Publisher	EC Comics
Schedule	Bimonthly
Format	Anthology
Publication date	March/April 1955 - November/December 1955
No. of issues	5
Creative team
Created by	William Gaines Johnny Craig

Extra! was dedicated to stories about the adventures of various journalists, who alternated as protagonists: Keith Michaels, Steve Rampart and Geri Hamilton. The rotational use was similar to the Ghoulunatics in EC's three horror comics.^[1]

The contributors to this title include Craig, John Severin, and Reed Crandall. Craig was responsible for the art on the Keith Michaels stories. Severin handled the Steve Rampart stories while Crandall covered the Geri Hamilton ones. Craig was responsible for the art for all five covers.

Extra! was reprinted as part of publisher Russ Cochran's Complete EC Library in 1988. Between January and May 2000, Cochran (in association with Gemstone Publishing) reprinted all five individual issues. This complete run was later rebound, with covers included, in a single softcover EC Annual. Dark Horse reprinted Extra! as part of the EC Archives series in 2018.

Issue guide

#	Date	Story	Story Artist	Protagonist
1	March/April 1955	Dateline: Cayo Romano, Cuba!	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
		Camera!	John Severin	Steve Rampart
		Holiday For Macduff	Reed Crandall	Jock MacDuff
		Dateline: Key West!	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
2	May/June 1955	Dateline: Oslo	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
		Stromboli!	John Severin	Steve Rampart
		Hong Kong!	Reed Crandall	Geri Hamilton
		Dateline: New York City	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
3	July/August 1955	Dateline: Algiers	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
		Steve Rampart	John Severin	Steve Rampart
		Geri Hamilton	Reed Crandall	Geri Hamilton
		Dateline: Paris	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
4	September/October 1955	Dateline: New York City	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
		Steve Rampart	John Severin	Steve Rampart
		Geri Hamilton	Reed Crandall	Geri Hamilton
		Dateline: Rio Para	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
5	November/December 1955	Dateline: Long Island Sound	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels
		Steve Rampart	John Severin	Steve Rampart
		Geri Hamilton	Reed Crandall	Geri Hamilton
		Dateline: Germersheim	Johnny Craig	Keith Michaels