Crime SuspenStories #27

(February-March 1955)

In Memorium (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #5 (1983)
• in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #27 (May 1999)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Notice of cancellation and EC's future plans.

Maniac at Large (Table of Contents: 2)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Oleck ?

Pencils

George Evans (signed as G. Evans)

Inks

George Evans (signed as G. Evans)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the very minute I came to work this morning...

Genre

crime

Characters

Mrs. Pritchard (head librarian, death); unnamed library patron; Mr. Garvin; Blanche (villain, librarian)

Synopsis

A new librarian is deathly afraid that she will become the victim of a town maniac who has killed seven men.

Reprints

• in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #5 (1983)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gladstone, 1990 series) #6 (May 1991)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #4/1992 (uke 23 1992)
• in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #27 (May 1999)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #11 - Aces High (December 2014) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. Previous indexer had Al Feldstein.

Just Her Speed (Table of Contents: 3)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Oleck ?

Pencils

Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)

Inks

Bernie Krigstein (signed as B. Krigstein)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ed stood in the midnight darkness outside the diner...

Genre

crime

Characters

Marty Selzer (diner employee, death); Shirley Selzer; Fred (truck driver); unnamed Highway Patrol Trooper; Ed (villain)

Synopsis

Ed had been looking for Marty for two years, hoping to exact revenge upon him for taking his girl, Shirley, and money. But Marty tries to convince Marty that the girl and his soon-to-be wife, was no good and it was her idea to take Ed's money. But Ed discovered it was a ruse to await a local trooper that stopped in every night about that time. Unfortunately, as the trooper drove up, a speeding car went by and the cop went after it. As Ed kills Marty, the trooper is talking to the couple in the car: a guy and Shirley, Marty's wife, who was cheating on him.

Reprints

• in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #5 (1983)
• in De overlevende en andere verhalen (Zet.El, 1988 series) (1988)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gladstone, 1990 series) #6 (May 1991)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #5/1993 (uke 43 1993)
• in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #27 (May 1999)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #21 - Master Race and Other Stories (March 2018) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion. Previous indexer had Al Feldstein.

A Collector's E.C. Check-List (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Due to frequent requests from avid collectors of E.C. type literature...

Reprints

• in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #5 (1983)

Indexer Notes

Listing of issue numbers and dates of EC New Trend titles.

Horror Hobby (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Marie Severin

Inks

Marie Severin

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look in that window.

Reprints

• in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #5 (1983)

Where There's Smoke... (Table of Contents: 6)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You said you'd fix that leaky bathroom faucet, Ed.

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #5 (1983)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gladstone, 1990 series) #6 (May 1991)
• in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #27 (May 1999)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #31 - Three for the Money and Other Stories (December 2021) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Good Boy (Table of Contents: 7)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Graham Ingels

Inks

Graham Ingels

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr. Crane looked on with a great inward satisfaction...

Genre

crime

Characters

Jim Ward; Paul Ward (Jim's son, death); Mr. Crane; Bobby Wilson; Mr. Gruder; Paul's unnamed high school principal' Mark Egan (villain, death)

Synopsis

Jim Ward was a strict father, but a loving one as well toward his son, Paul. But Jim was concerned with all the trouble his son was continually getting into, and every time the boy offered a male excuse for his behavior. As time went along, Paul because worse and worse, until he murdered a criminal named Evans, who had gotten Paul involved in illegal activities. But a father's love caused Jim Ward to do the unthinkable!

Reprints

• in Crime Suspenstories (Russ Cochran, 1983 series) #5 (1983)
• in Tales from the Crypt (Gladstone, 1990 series) #6 (May 1991)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #4/1993 (uke 33 1993)
• in Crime Suspenstories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #27 (May 1999)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #29 - Accidents and Old Lace and Other Stories (January 2021) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Some of the story told in flashback.