| Issue | #12 |
| Published | December 1953 - January 1954 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Genre | Horror |
| Pencils | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Inks | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Reprinted | in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (June 1995) |
| Synopsis | An alcoholic ex-reporter tries to get back on his feet after meeting a girl. His old boss says he can have his job back if he brings in a story. He's sitting in a diner when he hears violence occuring in the next room. The diner owner comes out and confesses to murder. The ex-reporter thinks he's found his story and takes down the details. The killer tells him that his wife cheated on him. When he goes in to check the body, the woman brings to come around. The ex-reporter is furious that his story is about to be ruined so he strangles her and then after she is dead he gets a good look at her face and realizes it is the girl he met earlier and fell in love with. He lapses back into alcoholism. |
| Script | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Pencils | Jack Kamen |
| Inks | Jack Kamen |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (June 1995) |
| Synopsis | A drug addict murders his father in order to get his fix. |
| Script | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Pencils | Joe Orlando |
| Inks | Joe Orlando |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (June 1995) |
| Script | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Pencils | Marie Severin |
| Inks | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Reprinted | in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (June 1995) |
| Synopsis | A man's baby is kidnapped and when his wife's mental health grows so bad that he desperately attempts to steal another baby, he is beaten to death by a crowd of onlookers for attempting to kidnap...his own son. |
| Script | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Pencils | Reed Crandall |
| Inks | Reed Crandall |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (June 1995) |
| Synopsis | A hotel clerk steals one hundred thousand dollars from a diamond merchant and rents a safe deposit box years in advance under the name 'Brad Gilbert'. After serving ten years for the theft, he meets up with the girl who promised to wait for him because she wants the money. When he goes to open the box, he finds he's drawing a blank on the name he used. They go to a bar and she berates his inability to recall the name. His temper flares and he slashes her face with a steak knife. He heads to the roof as the police close in on him and threatens to jump. The police come closer and he goes over the side, clutching at letters of the sign 'Bar and Grill Beer on Tap' as he plummets. As he lies dying on the pavement, he sees the remaining neon letters spell out 'Brad Gilbert'. |
| Script | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Pencils | Wallace Wood |
| Inks | Wallace Wood |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #12 (June 1995) |