(October-November 1953)

EC, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1953-07-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
Brand
EC An Entertaining Comic
Editing
Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (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, July-December 1953, page 310, registration number B427828.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shock SuspenStories / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Johnny Craig (signed)
Inks
Johnny Craig (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime
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The Tryst! (Table of Contents: 1)

A Crime SuspenStory / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Johnny Craig
Pencils
Johnny Craig (signed)
Inks
Johnny Craig (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
She was fresh out of high school...
Genre
crime
Characters
Julie Adams [aka Julie Hendricks] (a secretary); Mr. Cowles (Hendrick's employee); Mr. Farnsworth (client of Hendricks, death); Tommy (an orphan, death); John Hendricks (villain, Julie's boss and later husband)
Synopsis
A man is so jealous of his wife that he murders a boy from the local orphanage that she has been spending time with in the woods.
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Indexer Notes

Russ Cochran, in the large-sized 2nd Volume of Shock Suspenstories, does not indicate that Craig wrote this story.

Letterer credit per Russ Cochran and added by Craig Delich 2013-12-11. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

in gratitude... (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Inks
Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was as if a huge blanket had suddenly fallen up the crowd...
Genre
crime
Characters
Marcia Norris; Andrew Norris (Marcia's husband); Joey Norris (war hero, the Norris' son); unnamed town Mayor; Hank (Jeoy's Army pal, death, flashback)
Synopsis
A Korean war vet berates his hometown because his black friend, who threw himself on a grenade to save his life, wasn't good enough to be buried in the town cemetery.
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Keywords
Greendale

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit per Russ Cochran and added by Craig Delich 2013-12-11. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

Script revisions by Craig Delich.

Deadbeat! (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein
Pencils
Marie Severin (spot illustration)
Inks
Marie Severin (spot illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dr. Curtis Clark drew his bathrobe tighter around his ample stomach and snorted angily...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Mrs. Clark (the doctor's wife); Dr. Curtis Clark; Burt Devine (Mrs. Clark's brother, death)
Synopsis
Dr. Clark was furious with his wife, because she allowed her worthless brother to stay at their home and sponge off of them. One night, Burt, hungry for a midnight snack, and wanting to avoid his sister's cheap husband, decides to forgo the kitchen and try to find something to eat in the greenhouse. He does.....with fatal results!
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Shock Talk (Table of Contents: 4)

Shock Talk / text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

The Editors push readers to join the new E.C. Fan-Addict Club.

The Space Suitors (Table of Contents: 5)

A Science-Fiction SuspenStory / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Reed Crandall (signed)
Inks
Reed Crandall (signed)
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was almost time.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Milton Griffith (death); Wanda Griffith (villain, wife of Milton, death); Donald Conrad (villain, Wanda's lover, death)
Synopsis
A woman and her lover plan to murder her husband out in space, but he outsmarts them by giving a signal to the rocket to blast off when he shot so that his wife and her lover will suffocate on the barren planetoid.
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit per Al Feldstein and added by Craig Delich 2013-12-11. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

Script revisions by Craig Delich.

...Three's A Crowd (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Colors
Marie Severin
Letters
Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Della had been acting strangely lately...
Genre
crime
Characters
Della (Alan's wife, death); Andy (friend of Della and Alan, death); Alan (Della's husband)
Synopsis
A jealous husband sends his wife and his best friend to their deaths when their suspicious behavior makes him leap to the conclusion that they are having an affair, but they are, in reality, planning an anniversary surprise.
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit per Russ Cochran and added by Craig Delich 2013-12-11. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

Script revisions by Craig Delich.

Cover story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Shock SuspenStories
  2. 1. The Tryst!
    A Crime SuspenStory
  3. 2. in gratitude...
  4. 3. Deadbeat!
  5. 4. Shock Talk
    Shock Talk
  6. 5. The Space Suitors
    A Science-Fiction SuspenStory
  7. 6. ...Three's A Crowd
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bill Borre
  • Craig Delich
  • Bill Devine
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jason Sacks
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Tom Vincent