(November 1953)
Story Comics,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Story Comics, Inc.
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Full Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Golden Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was ongoing
Rescue
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Edward Goldfarb
- Inks
- Edward Goldfarb
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Synopsis
- Frank Hiller is shipwrecked with a party of five. He kills everyone of them to survive with almost no food left. Hiller is finally picked up by a cruise ship - the "Lusitania" on her fateful last journey.
Dead Fish!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Doug Wildey (signed)
- Inks
- Doug Wildey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Herbert Fillmore's hobby is tropical fish. All his money is spent on the maintenance of his aquariums. His wife Evelyn complains and is brutally beaten. When Herbert buys some piranha fish, she puts them in the bathtub and pushes Herbert in.
When Dead Stiffs Kill
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ellen Lynn
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Gangster boss Big John dresses for his wedding in a fine suit he had one of his men killed and buried in. The embalming fluids slowly poison Big John.
Dead Drunk!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Ross Andru
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Cunning Rita has married Frank Chester for his money and plans on murdering him. Teaming up with chauffeur Rick they prepare a bottle with poison. But things go wrong and Rita gets a sip of the deadly drink.
Indexer Notes
First-person narrative
Foul Ball
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Savage
- Inks
- Bill Savage
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense; sports
- Synopsis
- Arrogant and unfair baseball player Hank Jackson is hated by even his own teammates. When Jackson kills a man by throwing a ball against his head, the other players go for grisly revenge. They tie him to a chair and kill him by throwing balls at his face.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Rescue
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2.
Dead Fish!
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3.
When Dead Stiffs Kill
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4.
Dead Drunk!
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5.
Foul Ball
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tillmann Courth
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- James Ludwig
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