The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #31 - Three for the Money and Other Stories

(December 2021)

Three for the Money & Other Stories (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

typeset

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

typeset

Double Indemnity Rings Twice (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Max Allan Collins (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kamen; Sid Check; Fred Peters

Inks

Jack Kamen; Sid Check; Fred Peters

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At the end of World War II, returning veterans...

Indexer Notes

Essay on the stories including in this volume along with a photo of and art by Kamen. Also includes art by Check and Peters.

The October Game (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Ray Bradbury; Al Feldstein (adaptation)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Louise Wilder (Mitch's wife); Marion Wilder (Louise and Mitch's daughter, death); Helen; Mitch Wilder (villain)

Synopsis

A madman who hates his wife dismembers his daughter and passes around her body parts to children in a darkened cellar on Halloween.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #9 (June-July 1953) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit per Russ Cochran and added by Craig Delich 2013-12-9. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

Frozen Assets! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

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

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #18 (August-September 1953) [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.

The Sacrifice (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Jonathan Fielding (death); Paul Nichols (villain, witness to Jonathan's murder, blackmailer); Gloria Fielding (villain, Jonathan's wife); James Reed (villain, insurance salesman, death)

Synopsis

A woman manipulates a man into killing her husband by pretending to be in love with him, while she and her lover work out a scheme whereby he claims to be a witness to the killing and blackmails the two of them into letting him sleep with the woman. She carries on this act, pretending to be progressively degraded and begging for salvation, until the dupe finally writes out a confession implicating only himself in the murder and swallows a bottle of poison. She then gleefully regales the dying man the details of the con.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #10 (August-September 1953) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit per Russ Cochran and added by Craig Delich 2013-12-9. Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

Script revisions by Craig Delich.

Cover story.

...Three's A Crowd (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

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.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #11 (October-November 1953) [Reprinted in black and white.]

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.

Double Jeopardy (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #20 (December 1953-January 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Deadline (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Phil Mason [aka Paul in the opening blurb] (newspaper editor); Annie (Larry's love interest, wife of diner owner); Stan (newspaper reporter); Mike (diner owner); Larry Grieg (villain, ex-newspaper reporter)

Synopsis

An alcoholic ex-reporter tries to get back on his feet after meeting a girl, and his old boss says he can have his job back if he brings in a story. While sitting in a diner he hears violence occuring in the next room, and the diner owner comes out and confesses to murder. Larry thinks he's found his story and takes down all the details, then checks on the girl and discovers two things about her: she is still alive and she is the girl he had met earlier!

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #12 (December 1953 - January 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

Script revisions by Craig Delich.

In the Groove (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Rita Green (Garry's wife, death); Valeria Simms (Garry's love interest); Nick Saunders (radio engineer); Garry Green (villain, radio announcer)

Synopsis

A small-time radio announcer devises a plot to kill his wife, while he was broadcasting at the radio station. But he does not foresee a snag in those plans with the pre-recorded record he made and was playing over the airwaves.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #21 (February-March 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

Only Skin-Deep (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Robert Sickles (in flashback, death); Gloria Anders (villain, wife of Charles, death); Charles Anders (villain)

Synopsis

A man comes out of an car accident with amnesia and plastic surgery to reconstruct extensive facial burns to be met by a woman who claims to be his lover and that the two of them plotted to murder her husband for his insurance money. He travels to a cabin with her and when he slips and bumps his head, his memory returns. He strangles the woman because he recalls that he is not her lover but actually her husband who had overheard their plans to kill him and got the jump on the other man and switched clothes before getting caught in the fire he set in the car's gas tank.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #13 (February-March 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

Script credit revised from just Feldstein by Craig Delich.

Cinder Block (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #22 (April-May 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

The Orphan (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Sam Johnson (Lucy's father, death); Millie Johnson (Lucy's mother, death); Aunt Kate (Millie's sister); Steve (Millie's love interest, death); (Lucy Johnson (villain, daughter of Sam and Millie)

Synopsis

A little girl murders her drunken father and frames her uncaring mother for the crime so that she can go live with her nice aunt.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #14 (April-May 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

Standing Room Only (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Cynthia Otis [nee Cynthia Dunn] (Carl's sister, Peter's wife, death); Peter Otis (Cynthia's husband, death); two un-named state troopers; un-named police lieutenant; George L. Berry (Peter's lawyer); Carl Dunn [aka Mrs. Cynthia Otis] (villain, a clerk, Cynthia's brother)

Synopsis

Siblings Carl and Cynthia spent their early years cross-dressing in order to have laughs on their friends but fall out of favor with each other. Some time later, Carl sees that his sister has married into money, so he murders his sister and her husband and then disguises himself as her in order to have access to those funds as beneficiary. Unfortunately, Carl makes a bone-headed mistake while "dating" Peter's lawyer.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #23 (June-July 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

Raw Deal (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Agnes (nurse); Sally (nurse); Dr. Allen Swanson; Dr. John Peabody; Linda Bolton (Gregg's wife, in flashback, death); Gregg Bolton (psychiatric ward patient)

Synopsis

Gregg Bolton cannibalizes his new bride in order to survive being stranded at sea.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #15 (June-July 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

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

Much of the story is told in flashback.

Crushed Ice (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #24 (August-September 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

The Pen Is Mightier (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Mr. King (grocer); Johnny Harris (newspaper reporter); unnamed newspaper editor; Kitty (Zach's girl); Eddie Mahler (villain, death); Manny Vaughn (villain, death); Zach Hamlin (villain); Neddo Wallace (villain); Inez (villain, former fiance of Manny)

Synopsis

A newspaper columnist murders his gangster friend to get his wife and frames an innocent man for the crime through the power of his words.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #16 (August-September 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Three for the Money (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #25 (October-November 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

4-Sided Triangle (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Abner Hester (farmer, death); Hester Yates (Abner's wife); Annie (retarded servant of the Hesters)

Synopsis

A farmer tries to molest a retarded girl he keeps to work on the farm as a servant. She tells him that she's got a boyfriend that she sees in the evening. She goes out into the field to the scarecrow. The farmer gets the idea of disguising himself as the scarecrow so he can get what he wants from the girl. The farmer's wife is awakened by the sound of their love-making and goes out to the field with a pitchfork. When the girl tells the wife about her boyfriend, the wife tries to demonstrate to her that it's only straw by repeatedly stabbing the scarecrow with the pitchfork.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #17 (October-November 1954) [Reprinted in black and white.]

The Fixer (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

drama

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #26 (December 1954-January 1955) [Reprinted in black and white.]

The Trap (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Matt Hall (death); Mrs. Brady (cameo); unnamed Policeman; Police Chief McLain; Mrs. Vincent; Irene Hall (villain, Matt's wife); Larry Grover (villain, funeral director)

Synopsis

A husband is betrayed by his wife and funeral director when they plot to commit fraud to collect on his life insurance policy for his own murder. They plan to make him appear to be the victim of a mugging and then disappear in South America for a year. When his wife doesn't show with the money, he returns and they have him arrested and he ends up hanging for his own murder.

Reprints

• from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #18 (December 1954 - January 1955) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Where There's Smoke... (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #27 (February-March 1955) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Totally Blind (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder; Al Feldstein (revisions)

Pencils

Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks

Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

drama

Reprints

• from Impact (EC, 1955 series) #3 (July-August 1955) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Two More for the Money (Table of Contents: 24)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mike Catron (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not all of the artists who worked for EC Comics were prolific.

Half-Way Horrible! (Table of Contents: 25)

The Vault of Horror! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Sid Check (signed as S. Check)

Inks

Sid Check (signed as S. Check)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Vault-Keeper (host); Zachary Boxer

Synopsis

Zachary was the undertaker in town and was at the door of an apartment, whose tenant had called him. As he entered, the odor of incense was almost over-powering as the person inside said to keep the light off. He informs Boxer that he visited his doctor not long back and was told he had some sort of mental problem that he needed professional help with. And the psychiatrist inform this man he had schizophrenia and needed therapy on a regular basis. Even with this, the man's spells caused him to do things he normally never would, as his dark side became more and more predominant. Then it happened....he went in for his normal session, and, an instant later, saw the psychiatrist's mutilated body lying at his feet. He decided to leave the country for Haiti, went to see a voodoo witch doctor and asked him to destroy his evil half. The witch doctor created a doll....half evil and half good, and stuck a pin through the evil half and told the man it had been destroyed. As the man finishes the story, and turns on the light, he tells Boxer the reason why he was called: to embalm his rotting, evil half of his body!

Reprints

• from Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series) #26 (August-September 1952) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Ship-Shape! (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Sid Check (signed)

Inks

Sid Check (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Old Witch (host)

Synopsis

Four occupants of a small plane find they need to ditch in the ocean. They inflate a life raft and come upon a derelict drifting at sea. The ship is completely covered with a strange fungus and one of them makes the mistake of trying to sample it with a pocket knife. Upon tearing the membrane a digestive-like fluid spills over him, dissolving him alive. Two of them make it back to the life raft, and are spotted by a search plane, unfortunately the raft is now infected with the fungus as it was moored to the derelict.

Reprints

• from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #14 (July-August 1952) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Although The Old Witch appears hosting this story, Haunt of Fear is not indicated as the feature.
Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

First Impulse! (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Sid Check (signed)

Inks

Sid Check (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Joan Forbes (Helen's sister, death); Bob (Helen's boyfriend, death); unnamed delivery man; Helen Forbes (villain)

Synopsis

Joan and Helen are at each other's throats, as Helen believes that her sister is making eyes at Bob, her boyfriend. In addition, Helen also overhears the two planning a lunch at a cafe when they will surprise her with some news. So, Helen follows the two, and when she sees the two enter a jewelry store and pick out a ring, she feels her fears are validated. Later, Helen awaits the two coming home and she kills them both....then receives a package from a delivery boy containing a wedding ring engraved to her from Bob!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Candlelight Cafe

Indexer Notes

Quickie #1 of 2.

Second Chance? (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Sid Check (signed)

Inks

Sid Check (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Helen Forbes; unnamed delivery man; Bob; Joan Forbes

Synopsis

Helen is waiting for Bob and Rita to return home and she confronts them both with a gun, accusing Joan of attempting to steal her boyfriend from her. They protest, just as the delivery man from the jewelry store arrives with the package with the wedding ring in it. Helen apologizes to Bob and Joan before Bob is to leaver on a train on business. Joan offers to drive him to the station. Thinking all is well, Helen sits down to relax and notices a letter on her night table from Joan, informing Helen that the pair have left together on the train and she will never see either of them again!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #13 (October-November 1952) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Keywords

Martinsons Jewelry

Indexer Notes

Quickie #2 of 2.

The Day of Death... (Table of Contents: 29)

Old Prospector's Tale / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Gunfighter (EC, 1948 series) #13 (January-February 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Ramsey's Revenge (Table of Contents: 30)

Old Prospector's Tale / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Gunfighter (EC, 1948 series) #14 (March-April 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

last appearance

Perfect Murder (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from War Against Crime! (EC, 1948 series) #10 (December 1949-January 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Johnny Sparr--Guardian of the Little Guy (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Crime Patrol (EC, 1948 series) #15 (December 1949 - January 1950) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Cutting Cards! (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Fred Peters (signed)

Inks

Fred Peters (signed)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt-Keeper (host); Gus Forney (gambler); Lou Crebis (gambler); two un-named doctors

Synopsis

Two professional gamblers hate each other so much that they challenge each other to a game of chop poker. Chop poker is like strip poker, although, instead of removing an article of clothing, they use a meat cleaver to remove a digit or limb. They have their personal doctors act as seconds during their bizarre duel to the finish, but the gamblers find themselves unable to proceed when they've both hacked each others arms and legs off.

Reprints

• from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #32 (October-November 1952) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Colorist and letterer credits added by Craig Delich, letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.

The Electric Chair (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Fred Peters (signed as Peters)

Inks

Fred Peters (signed as Peters)

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Mary's lover; Mary Miller (Pete's wife, death); Pete Miller (villain, death)

Synopsis

Pete comes home to find his wife in the arms of another man, and promptly chases him away before shooting and killing Mary. Sentenced to die in the electric chair, and not wanting to die that way, Pete flees the courtroom and makes his way of escape to the subway tunnel. Unfortunately, Pete runs into an on-coming train and dies when he touches the third rail.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Quickie #1 of 3.

The Hangman's Noose (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Mrs. Millson; Mrs. Millson's lover (death); Peter Millson (villain, death)

Synopsis

Peter arrives home to find his wife in the arms of her lover, and he promptly pulls out a gun and kills her lover. Knowing that the death penalty in England is by the hangman's noose, and not wanting to die that way, he flees the scene into the subway tunnel, being pursued by bobbies. He attempts to enter a car, but the doors close on his tie and he is dragged (and hanged ironically) to his death.

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Quickie #2 of 3.

The Guillotine! (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

crime

Characters

Marie Millet (Pierre's wife, death); Marie's lover (death); Pierre Millet (villain, death)

Synopsis

Pierre arrives home to discover his wife in the arms of another man, so he pulls out a gun and kills them both. Sentenced to death by the guillotine, Pierre times his escape and tries to elude the gendarmes through the metro tunnel and leaps from the platform onto the rails. Unfortunately, a train is coming....he trips and falls, hitting his head.....and the train guillotines him!

Reprints

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #14 (December 1952-January 1953) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Quickie #3 of 3.

[Conman and woman] (Table of Contents: 37)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Jack Kamen (Table of Contents: 38)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ringgenberg (credited as S. C. Ringgenberg)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jack was a very outspoken guy.

Synopsis

Biography of Kamen with a self-portrait and art by Kamen.

Behind the Panels (Table of Contents: 39)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Arthur Lortie (credited); Janice Lee (credited); Tom Spurgeon (credited)

Letters

typeset

[Man waking up in a coffin] (Table of Contents: 40)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kamen

Inks

Jack Kamen

Crime. Horror, Terror, Gore, Depravity, Disrespect for Established Authority - and Science Fiction, Too! The Ups and Downs of EC Comics (Table of Contents: 41)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Ted White

Letters

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Reprints

• from The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #1 - Corpse on the Imjin and Other Stories (August 2012)

The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Table of Contents: 42) (Expand) /

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Murder! For Money? Revenge? Fun? (Table of Contents: 43) (Expand) /

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