(August-September 1953)
EC,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-04-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (associate editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1953, page 42, registration number B407902.
[no title indexed]
Crime SuspenStories / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Johnny Craig (signed)
- Inks
- Johnny Craig (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
-
in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #4 (1983) - in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #8 - Crime SuspenStories (1986)
-
in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #5/1994 (uke 41 1994) - in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (February 1997)
-
- Keywords
- abduction; knives
Indexer Notes
Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
Fall Guy for Murder
Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (plot); Al Feldstein ((plot)
- Pencils
- Johnny Craig (signed)
- Inks
- Johnny Craig (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Edith Wilson [Edith Colby] (Harry's wife, death); Gregg Saunders (private detective, death); Phil (city coroner); Harry Wilson (villain)
- Synopsis
- Harry calls in his good friend, best man and private-eye, Gregg Saunders, to investigate the sudden disappearance of his wife, Edith. He finds a clue in a murder mystery novel called "Fall Guy For Murder", but, in the end, it is Gregg who turns out to be the fall guy!
- Reprints
- in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #4 (1983) which is reprinted
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #5 - Fall Guy For Murder and Other Stories (July 2013)
- in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #8 - Crime SuspenStories (1986)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #4 (February 1992)
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #1/1993 (uke 6 1993)
- in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (February 1997)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #5 - Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories (July 2013) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics (Dark Horse, 2019 series) (2019)
-
- Keywords
- "Fall Guy For Murder" (novel)
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.
Script revision by Craig Delich.
Juice for the Record!
Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Old Pop Martin (City Hospital Chief Electrician); Doctor Fielding; Richie Martin (villain, Pop's son, death); Ernie Butler (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Seeing his only son involved with shady criminal elements, old Pop Martin tries to persuade his son to get away from that element and turn to decent pursuits. When he refuses and is shot by a crook that he supposedly swindled, Pop decides to record a confession implicating himself as the murderer of a crook giving Richie a hard time.
- Reprints
- in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #4 (1983)
- in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #8 - Crime SuspenStories (1986)
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #7/1990 (uke 42 1990)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #4 (February 1992)
- in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (February 1997)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #18 - The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories (January 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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Indexer Notes
Letterer credit from Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.
The Martin's address is 195 Birch.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
Eight Bar Rest
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Blackstone Presterjohn (attorney); Inspector Hardsteel (mention only); Ernie Treble (trumpet player, death); Barney Butz (villain, saxophone player)
- Synopsis
- Sure that his counselor-at-law can get him off on a temporary insanity plea, Barney tells his attorney in the prison cell block how he was hired, along with fellow musician Ernie Treble, to play a gig at a local club; but Ernie was a fanatic for facts, and every time the duo broke into song, Ernie would bore Barney to death with facts. Eventually, that led Barney to sever their relationship -- permanently!
- Reprints
- in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #4 (1983)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #4 (February 1992)
- in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (February 1997)
-
- Keywords
- Blue Mirror Club
Indexer Notes
Colorist credit from Craig Delich.
Frozen Assets!
Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)
- Inks
- Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jasper Wentworth (lawyer, death); Mildred Wentworth (Jasper's Aunt, death); unnamed doctor; Mort (villain, Helen's lover); Helen Wentworth (villain, Jasper's wife)
- Synopsis
- Lovers Mort and Helen, wanting to insure that Helen's husband (and thus her as well) would receive his aunt's $200,000+ inheritance, murder the husband and hide him away in a freezer, awaiting the aunt's death. Unfortunately, that move proves to be very costly for the both of them!
- Reprints
- in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #4 (1983)
- in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #8 - Crime SuspenStories (1986)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #4 (February 1992)
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #3/1993 (uke 25 1993)
- in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (February 1997)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #31 - Three for the Money and Other Stories (December 2021) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
From Here to Insanity
Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall (signed as R. Crandall)
- Inks
- Reed Crandall (signed as R. Crandall)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Mrs. Greene (old woman); Mr. Tucker (apartment manager); unnamed policemen; a homicidal maniac (villain)
- Synopsis
- A homicidal maniac, having committed several murders of young women because they could identify him, takes up residence in an old woman's apartment in order not to be discovered by the police. But he is in for a surprise in a way he could never expect!
- Reprints
- in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #4 (1983)
- in EC Classics (Russ Cochran, 1985 series) #8 - Crime SuspenStories (1986)
- in Tales from the Crypt (Russ Cochran, 1991 series) #4 (February 1992)
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #8/1992 (uke 51 1992)
- in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #18 (February 1997)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #15 - The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories (February 2016) [Reprinted in black and white.
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Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.
Script revisions by Craig Delich.
Cover story.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Crime SuspenStories -
1.
Fall Guy for Murder
Crime SuspenStories -
2.
Juice for the Record!
Crime SuspenStories -
3.
Eight Bar Rest
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4.
Frozen Assets!
Crime SuspenStories -
5.
From Here to Insanity
Crime SuspenStories
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Bill Devine
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Van Dore
- Tom Vincent
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