Crime Suspenstories #3

(1983)

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

Crime SuspenStories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952)

Keywords

hunting; rifles; telescopic sights

The Execution! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Johnny Craig (signed)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Alvis (stranded motorist, prison's Chief Engineer); Inmate #82562 (death); Warden Johnson; unnamed prison doctor; inmate's wife; inmates's children (cameo); unnamed inmate's lawyer; unnamed girl (cameo, death); prison chaplain

Synopsis

A man stops for a standed motorist who has skidded into a snowbank. At about the same time, a young woman is murdered, and from the description of the killer and the getaway car, it seems that the man who aided the stranded motorist is guilty. He is imprisoned and faces the electric chair unless the man he helped out comes forward the clear him.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.

Murder the Lover! (Table of Contents: 3)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Jeanne Martin (Kenneth's wife); Walter Graham (Jeanne's lover, Kenneth's friend, death); Kenneth Martin (villain, wealthy businessman, death)

Synopsis

A businessman, Ken Martin, comes home one evening and discovers his wife in the arms of his best friend, Walt. Ken swears revenge, so he calls the man up and suggests the two go moose hunting together, while secretly planning to "accidently" kill him. He succeeds, but a moose decides Kenneth's fate.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #1 of 2.

Letters credit added by Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.

Murder the Husband! (Table of Contents: 4)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Kenneth Martin (wealthy businessman, death); Jeanne Martin (Kenneth's wife); Walter Graham (villain, Kenneth's friend, Jeanne's lover, death)

Synopsis

Walter is madly in love with Kenneth's wife, but he knows his friend will never get a divorce, so he decides to kill him. When Kenneth invites Walter on a moose hunting trip, Walter agrees, and the pair go out in a boat loaded with ropes and weights. Walter shoots and kills Kenneth, but his bullets go through the bottom of the boat, causing it to sink, and Walter can't swim!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #2 of #2.

Letters credit added by Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.

Trap! (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Hackett (villain, death)

Synopsis

Hackett kills someone and empties his pockets, leaving behind a monogrammed handkerchief and a keycase, taking the man's money only, realizing the other items could trap him into a murder charge. He goes to a bar and wishes to pay for his bill with a dime taken from his victim, but he sees that the coin has a hole in the center, so pays for the bill with a quarter. He throws the dime away, believing it to be the victim's lucky coin, but more appear in his pocket. Later killed in a car accident, the killer never hears the anouncement over the radio about these dimes!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952)

Snooze to Me! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Mr. Crestwood (Herbert's co-worker); Higgin (business associate of Herbert's); Nancy Chase (Herbert's wife, death); Herbert Chase (villain, Nancy's husband); Edith (villain, the Chase's maid, Herbert's lover)

Synopsis

Herbert comes home late one night and his waiting wife. Suspecting that he is having an affair, she confronts him, shooting down all of his alibis. She tells him to leave but has second thoughts and phones him to come back, but he refuses. So she devises a plot to take a whole bottle of sleeping pills after writing a suicide note, then have Edith, her maid, call Herbert, then an ambulance so the attendants can save her life. But Edith and Herbert pull a fast one on Nancy!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit added by Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.

Paralyzed! (Table of Contents: 7)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)

Inks

Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host); Selma (the Hewton's friend); Mrs. Stark (neighbor of the Hewton's); Ernest Hewton (death); Gladys Hewton (villain, Ernest's wife, death)

Synopsis

A seemingly happily married couple actually hate one another, and the husband wants out of the 15-year marriage. The wife refuses. They get involved in an auto accident, and Gladys is paralyzed in the wreck. Ernest decides to stay with her to tend to her needs but demands a night off every week. He buys her a gun to shoot any intruder that may break in while he is gone. When he comes home, Gladys has a surprise for him; she is not paralyzed after all, and she intends to kill him!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit added by Craig Delich, verified by Al Feldstein.

Notes and Comments (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Max Allan Collins

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Crime SuspenStories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lizzie Borden took an axe...and gave her father forty whacks!

Genre

crime

Characters

Lizzie Borden; Mr. Borden; Mrs. Borden

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952)

Keywords

19th century clothing; hatchets

Hear No Evil! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952)

First Impulse! (Table of Contents: 11)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Sid Check (signed)

Inks

Sid Check

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #1 of 2

Second Chance? (Table of Contents: 12)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Sid Check (signed)

Inks

Sid Check

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #2 of 2

Freak! (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952)

A Question of Time!! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed)

Inks

Angelo Torres

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Harry Wismer; Lila Wismer (Harry's wife, death); un-named female (death); Fred (mortician); un-named Sheriff

Synopsis

A woman is found murdered and horribly mutilated, in a tourist cabin and the suspicion is that Harry Wismer has murdered his wife. They are wrong......at least for the time being!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952)

Indexer Notes

The reprint book, "50 Girls 50," lists Williamson as the sole inker.

Forty Whacks! (Table of Contents: 15)

Haunt of Fear / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host)

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Crime SuspenStories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953)

Keywords

burglary

Sweet Dreams! (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Johnny Craig (signed)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Pamela Kaine (Martin's wife, death); Dr. Firestone (Pamela's doctor); Martin Kaine (villain)

Synopsis

Martin was sorry that he ever married Pamela, and Pamela's medical condition gives him a great opportunity to do away with her. But the idea backfires in a way that he'd never suspect.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953)

Keywords

Daily Eagle

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The Perfect Place! (Table of Contents: 18)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953)

The Pouch (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953)

The Electric Chair (Table of Contents: 20)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #1 of 3

The Hangman's Noose (Table of Contents: 21)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #2 of 3

The Guillotine! (Table of Contents: 22)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #3 of 3

Private Performance (Table of Contents: 23)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Pencils

Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)

Inks

Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host); Dora (Leo's wife, death); Leo (villain, master magician); Herbie (villain, a thief, death)

Synopsis

A thief, eyeing a rich woman's jewels for some time, decides to commit robbery one evening at her home after she and her husband had retired. Once inside, he suddenly witnesses the couple arguing and the man kill his wife. Unfortunately for the thief, the man spots him and vows to kill him as well, chasing him to the basement. There the thief learns what the man had done for a living, and it was the last thing he ever learned.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Crime SuspenStories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #15 (February-March 1953)

Keywords

bondage; garbage dumps; premature burial; shovels

When the Cat's Away... (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Johnny Craig (signed)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Emma (Jay's wife, death); Dick (Jay's best friend, death); Jay (villain, Emma's husband)

Synopsis

Jay and his wife are always fighting, and Jay always finds solace at a friend's home. However, when he discovers that his friend and his wife are lovers, Jay decides on a scheme to rid himself of the problem: permanently!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #15 (February-March 1953)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The Screaming Woman! (Table of Contents: 26)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #15 (February-March 1953)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Screaming Woman" by Ray Bradbury

The EC Caper (Table of Contents: 27)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #15 (February-March 1953)

Water, Water, Everywhere... (Table of Contents: 28)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

George Evans

Inks

George Evans

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #15 (February-March 1953)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #1 of 2

...And Not a Drop to Drink! (Table of Contents: 29)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

George Evans

Inks

George Evans

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #15 (February-March 1953)

Indexer Notes

Quickie #2 of 2

Hail and Heart-y! (Table of Contents: 30)

Haunt of Fear / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Pencils

Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)

Inks

Graham Ingels (signed as Ghastly)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host); Mr. Danbury (Storch's neighbor); Doctor Brewster (Anna's doctor); Anna Storch; Ben Storch (Anna's husband, death)

Synopsis

Anna was sick and tired of her lazy husband refusing to do any chores around the house, and having to rely on a kind neighbor to help with her chores. When she discovers that her husband does not have a heart condition like he had claimed, Anna decides to find a way to make Ben very useful around the place!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #15 (February-March 1953)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Crime SuspenStories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #16 (April-May 1953)

Keywords

straight razors

Rendezvous! (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script

Johnny Craig (signed)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Ruby (Joe's secretary); Nickie (Joe's girl); Charlie (a gambler); Mr. Holmes (Book Keeping department head, death); Joe Haines (villain, book keeper, embezzler, death)

Synopsis

Joe and his office companions are taking bets that Charlie will have an airplane accident.....just as a lark. Then, when Joe's boss suspects that the company's books are being juggled, Joe devises a plan to make sure his boss will have a plane accident himself. He does, but with disastrous results for Joe.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #16 (April-May 1953)

Keywords

Las Vegas

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Fission Bait! (Table of Contents: 33)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #16 (April-May 1953)

Scorpion (Table of Contents: 34)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #16 (April-May 1953)

Come Clean! (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Williamson (signed)

Inks

Angelo Torres

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Death (host); Ralph Jansen; Lillian Smith (flashback); Nick (saloon owner, flashback); un-named Prison Warden (flashback); Mrs. Woodman (Lillian's landlady, flashback) ; un-named District Attorney (flashback); Ben (prison guard, flashback); Mr. Sutton (tailor, flashback)

Synopsis

Ralph Jones has been found guilty of strangling his girl friend and is strapped in the electric chair facing a horrible death, all for a crime he didn't commit but in which circumstantial evidence led to his conviction.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #16 (April-May 1953)

Keywords

Nick's saloon

Who's Next? (Table of Contents: 36)

Crime SuspenStories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Joe Orlando (signed)

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host)

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #16 (April-May 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Crime SuspenStories / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #15 (February-March 1953)

Keywords

bondage; garbage dumps; premature burial; shovels

Indexer Notes

On back cover.