(February 1956)

EC, 1955 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Entertaining Creations Inc.
Brand
Original EC Picto-Fiction
Editing
Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (publisher)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rudy Nappi (credited) (painting)
Inks
Rudy Nappi (credited) (painting)
Colors
Rudy Nappi (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime
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Keywords
murder

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Shock Illustrated" was the first of a new line of magazines...
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Indexer Notes

Includes table of contents, publisher credits, and A Message from the Editors.

The Lipstick Killer (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Keyes (credited as A. D. Locke)
Pencils
Reed Crandall (credited)
Inks
Reed Crandall (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There had been no outcry.
Genre
crime
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My Brother's Keeper (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck (credited)
Pencils
George Evans (credited, signed)
Inks
George Evans (credited, signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those kids!
Genre
crime
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Letters to the Editor / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

Letters from Fred Von Bernewitz, B. Young, George R. Tullis, Denis Rullo, John L. Townsley, York Anderson, Arlene Silvers, E. Russo, Joel Schumacher, Linda Tweed, Barbard Jens, and Floyd W. Lawrence; includes cover image of issue #1.

A Question of Time (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein (credited)
Pencils
Al Williamson (credited, signed)
Inks
Angelo Torres
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They stood about in the quiet tourist cabin...
Genre
crime
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Indexer Notes

adapted from original story in CRIME SUSPENSTORIES #13

Dead Right (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein (credited as Alfred E. Neuman)
Pencils
Graham Ingels (credited) (signed as Graham Ingels)
Inks
Graham Ingels (credited) (signed as Graham Ingels)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Joseph Fairbanks and I had been old, old friends.
Genre
crime
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Indexer Notes

adapted from original story in TALES FROM THE CRYPT #37

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [""Shock Illustrated" was the first of a new line of magazines..."]
  3. 2. The Lipstick Killer
  4. 3. My Brother's Keeper
  5. 4. ["There are three more E.C. "Picto-Fiction" magazines!"]
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Editor
  7. 6. A Question of Time
  8. 7. Dead Right
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks