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Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) comic books

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    Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 7 FR/GD 1.5

    3" Cumulative spine split (taped). Staple added (not manufacturing). Tape on interior cover.

    Starts Apr 4

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. Mrs. North's fear turns to murderous paranoia when she suspects her maid is the axe-murderer stalking the neighborhood. A Texas oil millionaire's wife falls for an oilfield worker, and they plot to murder her husband. Strange circus murders result after a human cannonball's wife has an affair with a trapeze artist. Hatchet-Killer!; Revenge!; Inches; Phonies; Horror Under the Big Top! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 25 GD+ 2.5

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    Starts Apr 4

    "Three For the Money" (art by Jack Kamen), "Dog Food" (art by Reed Crandall), "Key Chain" (art by Bernard Krigstein), and "The Sqealer" (art by George Evans). Kamen cover. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date. These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. NOTE 2: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #9). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.