- Script
- Johnny Craig (signed)
- Pencils
- Johnny Craig (signed)
- Inks
- Johnny Craig (signed)
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The sleeping suburb of Westfalls lies huddled under a drenching torrent of rain...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Tom North; Tom's wife; Hilda (the North's part-time maid, death)
- Synopsis
- Concerned about the number of hatchet murders in the community, Mrs. North begins to believe that her part-time maid may indeed be the culprit, and circumstances around the house seem to verify her conclusion. Later, scared to death, she murders the maid when suddenly her husband enters the home and tells her that the real killer had been caught hours before.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Star (newspaper); Westfalls
Cover story.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Kamen (signed)
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I had gotten pretty fed up after two years of splitting fingernails...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- William Aikley [aka Willie] (Texas oilman); Carlson (employee of Mr. Aikley); unnamed District Attorney (cameo); Aikley's servants (cameos); Lila Aikley (villain, Willie's wife); Phil Keenan (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Lila was desperate for money and married a Texas millionaire oilman to get it. But when she met Phil, one of the workers at the oil wells, the two conspired to kill Lila's husband in an auto accident. The accident only paralyzed Mr. Aikley, however, but Phil threatened to blackmail Lila, and if she didn't come forth with money, he would tell the district attorney all about the accident.
- Reprints
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- ? (masthead illustration)
- Inks
- ? (masthead illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- unnamed scientist (death); Mulrain (lab assistant); Bennett (lab assistant)
- Synopsis
- A scientist begins an experiment with the arsenic derivative called "arsene" and purposely allows a drop of it on his hand, knowing well the compound would cause full paralysis. When his lab assistants found him, they believed him dead and yet, the antidote which would save him was nearby and believing their boss dead, they did not administer it.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- arsene
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Frank Shantly sat dejectedly in his shabby hotel room...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Baker's girlfriend; Frank Shantly (villain, thief); "Leech" Baker [as Ed Adellis] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Faced with funds running out from his last safecracking job, Frank Shantly poured over a newspaper and eyed a story about a wealthy gambler having to go to Washington D.C. to testify before the Senate Committee. Immediately, he thinks that this is a neat set-up for another big payoff, but is confronted by a man claiming to be Adellis the minute he steps into the house. Convinced no one can break into his safe, "Adellis" bets Shantly $1,000 and his freedom that the crook can't get into the safe. Shantly wins the bet, but doesn't realize he has unwittingly helped the Feds round up a real crook!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Journal News
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Graham Ingels (signed as G. Ingles)
- Inks
- Graham Ingels (signed as G. Ingles)
- Colors
- ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hee, hee! Greetings again, kiddies!
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Old Witch (host); Carlo (circus human cannonball, death); unnamed ringmaster; Aldar (villain, circus trapeze artist, death); Wanda (villain, Carlo's wife, death)
- Synopsis
- Wanda is having an affair with "The Flying Aldar", famed circus performer. But when her husband suspects, the two plan to kill him by changing the angle of the cannon her husband will be fired from so he misses the safety net. Unfortunately, the body of Carlo hits his wife outside the tent, killing her. Justice is later served when Aldar attempts to do his act without a safety net, not knowing the late Carlo had cut his trapeze rope the night before!
- Reprints
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).