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Crime SuspenStories comic books issue 3

  • Issue #3
    Crime Suspenstories (1992 Russ Cochran/Gemstone) 3

    Reprints of classic EC stories. Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Poison!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Mr. Boles was pretty smug, as he and his housekeeper attended the funeral of Margaret Boles...smug thinking that no one knew he had killed his wife; But everything that his housekeeper says and does seems to indicate to him that she somehow knows what he did. "The Giggling Killer," script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; With the newspapers reporting the deaths of people at the hands of "The Giggling Killer," poor Lester, nagged to death by his wife, plans to see if he in some way can establish an alibi and then kill his wife in the style of the killer. "Faced With Horror!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood; Sam and Willie hold up a bank and shoot a teller in the process; Unfortunately for them, an employee photographed them while making their escape, and Brogen was identified; He decides to have plastic surgery to make him look like a different person. "Blood Red Wine!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script adaptation), art by Graham Ingels; Old Ballo, whose wine business had been ruined by a review made by a wine connoisseur, decides to invite the man to his home and do away with him; Adapted from the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.50.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    EC Archives Crime Suspenstories TPB (2024 Dark Horse) 3-1ST


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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Suspenstories (1950-1955 E.C. Comics) #13-18. Written by Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Bill Gaines, and Ray Bradbury. Art by Jack Kamen, Johnny Craig, Sid Check, Al Williamson, Fred Peters, Graham Ingels, George Evans, Joe Orlando, Marie Severin, Frank Frazetta, Bill Elder, and Reed Crandall. Cover by Johnny Craig. Introduction by Grant Geissman. Foreword by David Del Valle. Jolting tales of criminals, capers, and tension, now in an affordable, oversized paperback! Collecting issues #13-18 of Crime SuspenStories from the twisted artistic talents of Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Bill Gaines, Jack Kamen, Sid Check, Al Williamson, Fred Peters, Graham Ingels, George Evans, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando, and more. Featuring a foreword by David del Valle! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 216 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.