Crime SuspenStories comic books issue 1
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Issue #1
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Reprints of classic EC stories. Cover art by Johnny Craig. William M. Gaines (1922-1992) illustration by Russ Cochran. "Murder May Boomerang," script and art by Johnny Craig; Nearly inseparable, a father and son did everything in life together until that one day when a prisoner from a nearby penitentiary discovers the pair's cabin, where he steals clothing and nearly beats the father to death. "Death's Double-Cross," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood; Ruth was bored and lonely; Her two-year marriage to John was missing something: love, and she found it in John's twin brother. "Reward!" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "A Snapshot of Death!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; A woman enters a pool room and hires a man to kill a lady, whose picture she provides to him; Imagine his surprise when he notes that the photo is of the woman wanting the crime committed. "High Tide!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; Four men on a mail boat leave the infamous Mephisto Prison and soon hear by radio of the escape of one of the prisoners; When the boat's engine, clogged with sand, brings the craft to a halt a ways off shore, all fingers begin to point to each other as the culprit. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.50.
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Issue #1
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Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Murder May Boomerang," script and art by Johnny Craig; Nearly inseparable, a father and son did everything in life together until that one day when a prisoner from a nearby penitentiary discovers the pair's cabin, where he steals clothing and nearly beats the father to death. "Death's Double-Cross," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood; Ruth was bored and lonely; Her two-year marriage to John was missing something: love, and she found it in John's twin brother. "Reward!" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "A Snapshot of Death!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; A woman enters a pool room and hires a man to kill a lady, whose picture she provides to him; Imagine his surprise when he notes that the photo is of the woman wanting the crime committed. "High Tide!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; Four men on a mail boat leave the infamous Mephisto Prison and soon hear by radio of the escape of one of the prisoners; When the boat's engine, clogged with sand, brings the craft to a halt a ways off shore, all fingers begin to point to each other as the culprit. 36 pgs., full color.
PRINTING NOTE: Some copies have Vol. 1 No. 1 printed above a redacted line in the indicia (before the indicia was corrected). Apparently, EC originally intended to print this issue as Vault of Horror #15. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10. -
Issue #1-1ST
Published Jan 2008 by Gemstone/Dark Horse.$24.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Suspenstories (1950-1955 E.C. Comics) #1-6.
Road to Perdition author Max Allan Collins re-introduces us to the thrilling and mysterious first volume of Crime SuspenStories - six full issues and 24 complete stories by the likes of Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Harvey Kurtzman. Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, George Roussos and others, originally published between 1950 and 1951!
Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 216 pages, full color.
NOTE: Published by Gemstone.
Cover price $49.95.
