Crime Patrol #15

(December 1949 - January 1950)

Murder Writes a Policy (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Johnny Craig (signed as Johnny Craig [circle])

Pencils

Johnny Craig (signed as Johnny Craig [circle])

Inks

Johnny Craig (signed as Johnny Craig [circle])

Colors

? (see notes)

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The scream was loud in the lonely house...

Genre

non-fiction; crime

Characters

Mrs. Hubert Stonely (death); Ed (insurance man); Hap Shanahan (Police inspector); Madge (Hap's wife); Babs (villain, Stonely's secretary); Stonely's maid; Hubert Stonely (villain, manufacturer)

Synopsis

While Mrs. Stonely, attempting to take a shower and is electrocuted when an electric fan falls into the bathtub, her husband is off entertaining his beautiful secretary. To all concerned, the famed manufacturer was above suspicion, but a crafty Police inspector thinks otherwise.

Reprints

• in Crime Patrol (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #2 [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Crime Patrol (Gemstone, 2000 series) #9 (December 2000)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #25 - The Woman Who Loved Life and Other Stories (October 2019) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Names in story are fictitious.

Some of the story is told in flashback.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171).

Letterer credits by Craig Delich.
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Reference:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.

Case Number 318: Murder--The Swindle by Flame (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Alton (signed as Alton)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as Feldstein)

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It all started tranquilly enough...

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Crime Patrol (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #2 [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Crime Patrol (Gemstone, 2000 series) #9 (December 2000)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #28 - Terror Train and Other Stories (October 2020) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Double-Exposure! (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The young man moved through the crowd with great speed.

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Crime Patrol (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #2
• in Crime Patrol (Gemstone, 2000 series) #9 (December 2000)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Johnny Sparr--Guardian of the Little Guy (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Peters

Inks

Fred Peters

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He was content to be another battle-scarred pug...

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Crime Patrol (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #2 [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Crime Patrol (Gemstone, 2000 series) #9 (December 2000)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #31 - Three for the Money and Other Stories (December 2021) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Coincidence (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Feldstein

Inks

Al Feldstein

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The tall man leaned out of the heavy shadow of the doorway...

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Crime Patrol (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #2
• in Crime Patrol (Gemstone, 2000 series) #9 (December 2000)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Return from the Grave (Table of Contents: 6)

The Crypt of Terror / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein

Pencils

Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Inks

Al Feldstein (signed as FELDSTEIN)

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Wroten

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heh, heh! Welcome...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Crypt Keeper (host)

Reprints

• in Crime Patrol (Russ Cochran, 1993 series) #2 [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Crime Patrol (Gemstone, 2000 series) #9 (December 2000)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #28 - Terror Train and Other Stories (October 2020) [Reprinted in black and white.]