(May 1953)
Story Comics,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Story Comics, Inc.
- Editing
- William K. Friedman
Issue Notes
Editorial credit according to "Statement of the Ownership" on page 17.
Two Heads Are Better Than One
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Having struck it rich, black market racketeer Conway and his wife move to the country. When they learn that their neighbor, Mr. Atkins, is an eccentric millionaire, they search his home for the money. Atkins however deals with them by killing them and burying their bodies to fertilize his precious flowerbeds.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Deadline
comic story / 5.5 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Country reporter Caldwell and city doctor Granger quarrel over Caldwell's wife Della. When the newspaperman hits her and she dies of a heart attack, the doctor gets back at his rival by giving him not a blood, but an ink transfusion.
Indexer Notes
Last half of last page is "Statement of the Ownership":
Editor is William K. Friedman
The Rat and the Rattlesnake
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Two thugs frame each other.
Indexer Notes
First-person narrative
The Big Game Hunter
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sal Trapani (signed)
- Inks
- Sal Trapani (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Unable to kill any animal at a safari in Africa and being the laughingstock of the hunting party and his own wife, cowardly Crowell Hudson finally manages to bag the wife-stealing tour guide.
The Bloodless Killer
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alvin C. Hollingsworth (signed)
- Inks
- Alvin C. Hollingsworth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Paul Barnes falls in love with the woman Lilia next door, but her creepy uncle Phil forbids every contact. Barnes inquires and finds out that Phil murders people and steals their blood. In an attempt to free Lilia from Phil, Barnes kills the uncle, but loses sight of the fact that Lilia is part of the vampire business.
Indexer Notes
EC Crypt Keeper rip-off in splash page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The Bloodless Killer!]
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1.
Two Heads Are Better Than One
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2.
Deadline
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3.
The Rat and the Rattlesnake
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4.
The Big Game Hunter
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5.
The Bloodless Killer
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