(2006)

Russ Cochran, 2006 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
[none]
Pages
182
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gemstone Publishing Inc.
Brand
Original EC Picto-Fiction
ISBN
1-888472-21-9 Search at WorldCat
Editing
Russ Cochran (editor); Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (original editor)
Color
color cover; black and white interior with some color
Dimensions
9.25 " x 12.25 "
Paper Stock
thick glossy cardboard cover; glossy interior cover reprints and bond interior story pages
Binding
hardcover
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Part of the Complete EC Library.
Collects all three issues of the EC Picto-Fiction line title Confessions Illustrated. Issue #3, previously unpublished, is published for the first time here.
Distributed in a four-volume slipcase along with the hardcover collections Shock Illustrated, Terror Illustrated, and Crime Illustrated.
Slipcase title: Shock Illustrated • Terror Illustrated • Crime Illustrated • Confessions Illustrated

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bud Parke (signed as Bud Parke) (painting)
Inks
Bud Parke (signed as Bud Parke) (painting)
Colors
Bud Parke (signed as Bud Parke) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance

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

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Pencils
Bud Parke (credited) (signed as Bud Parke)
Inks
Bud Parke (credited) (signed as Bud Parke)
Colors
Bud Parke (signed as Bud Parke)
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance
Reprints
Keywords
kissing; necking; petting

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"CONFESSIONS Illustrated" is the fourth in a new series of magazines...
Reprints

I Joined a Teen-Age Gang (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll never forget my brother's words as we stood in the street...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

All stories in "illustrated text" format.

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

I Can Never Marry (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Joe Orlando
Inks
Joe Orlando
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For a whole month before my vacation...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

My Tragic Affair (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My bags were packed, and Dad had gone to call a taxi...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

I Took My Sister's Husband (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Looking back on things now, I guess I was always jealous and resentful of my sister Ellen.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

Passion Made Me a Thief (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Johnny Craig
Inks
Johnny Craig
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They say that everything has a starting point...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

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

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

Pencils
Rudy Nappi
Inks
Rudy Nappi
Colors
Rudy Nappi
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance
Reprints
Keywords
beaches; kissing; necking; petting; swim suits

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the second issue of "CONFESSIONS Illustrated..."
Reprints

[Assignment sheet] (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Hill ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This assignment sheet was found with the Picto-Fiction art.

Indexer Notes

Photo of a document which contains assignments for the Picto-Fiction magazines.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Hill (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are many reasons for the failure of EC's Picto-Fiction magazines...

Indexer Notes

Essay about the background of the EC Picto-Fiction magazines.

I Sold My Baby (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For a long time, I sat in a chair and stared at the telegram.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

All stories in "illustrated text" format.

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

Unfaithful Wife (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Reed Crandall
Inks
Reed Crandall
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At our wedding, the best man kissed me...
Genre
romance
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

They Ran Me Out of Town (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you were to ask me why I let myself become involved...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

I Destroyed My Marriage (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Joe Orlando
Inks
Joe Orlando
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is a picture in my mind of that morning Tod told me as clear as a photograph.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

Man-Crazy (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Johnny Craig
Inks
Johnny Craig
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"What shall I tell Vince if he calls you, Terry?"
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rudy Nappi (credited) (signed as Nappi)
Inks
Rudy Nappi (credited) (signed as Nappi)
Colors
Rudy Nappi (credited) (signed as Nappi)

Indexer Notes

This cover was prepared for the third issue of Confessions Illustrated in 1956. It is published for the first time in this volume.

Assignment sheet (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Hill ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Photo of a document which contains assignments for the Picto-Fiction magazines, including proposed 5th and 6th issues.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Hill (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Although Confessions Illustrated's distribution had been just as poor...

Indexer Notes

Essay about distribution and the fact that Marvel copied the concept of this magazine.

In this issue (Table of Contents: 21)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Jack Kamen (credited)
Inks
Jack Kamen (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Credits, table of contents, indicia and a panel excerpt from an interior story.

This page was prepared for the third issue of Confessions Illustrated in 1956. It is published for the first time in this volume.

High School Bride (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Jack Kamen (credited) (signed as Kamen)
Inks
Jack Kamen (credited) (signed as Kamen)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you ever been happy?
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

This story was prepared for the third issue of Confessions Illustrated in 1956. It is published for the first time in this volume.

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

Teen-Age Temptress (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?; Dan Keyes ?
Pencils
Jack Kamen (credited) (signed as Kamen)
Inks
Jack Kamen (credited) (signed as Kamen)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was all so long ago.
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

This story was prepared for the third issue of Confessions Illustrated in 1956. It is published for the first time in this volume.

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

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

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Benson (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In Hoohah! 4 (April-May1956, Ted White reported...

Indexer Notes

Essay about Confessions Illustrated writers' credits.

Love Cheat (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?; Daniel Keyes ?
Pencils
Johnny Craig (credited)
Inks
Johnny Craig (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you've ever been in one of those roadside diners...
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

This story was prepared for the third issue of Confessions Illustrated in 1956. It is published for the first time in this volume.

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

The Alcoholic (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Keyes (sourced)
Pencils
Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)
Inks
Jack Kamen (signed as Kamen)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
She was at it again.
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

This story was prepared for the third issue of Confessions Illustrated in 1956. It is published for the first time in this volume.

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is likely Keyes wrote this story.

Two Husbands (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Daniel Keyes ?; Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando [ R in O ])
Inks
Joe Orlando (credited) (signed as Joe Orlando [ R in O ])
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To understand just how I felt...
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

This story was prepared for the third issue of Confessions Illustrated in 1956. It is published for the first time in this volume.

According to an essay in this volume by John Benson, it is uncertain whether Keyes or Feldstein wrote most of the stories collected in this book.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rudy Nappi
Inks
Rudy Nappi
Colors
Rudy Nappi
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance
Reprints
Keywords
beaches; kissing; necking; petting; swim suits