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Crime SuspenStories was a bi-monthly anthology crime comic from the early 1950s. This comic was published by Bill Gaines (William Gaines) through his company, EC Comics (E.C. Comics), which he inherited from his father in 1947. The title first arrived on newsstands with its October/November 1950 issue and ceased publication with its February/March 1955 issue, producing a total of 27 issues. This was one of many E.C. comic titles published by Bill Gaines (later publisher of Mad Magazine). Since the ending of publication, all of the E.C. comics have been reprinted many, many times, in many formats, and there have been several movies and TV series based on them!

Artist: Johnny Craig

Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this comic book, which was sold on eBay in 2013 by legendary EC collector/historian, Roger Hill, and he identified it as being from the collection of his best friend, Jerry Weist, an equally legendary collector, who had passed away in 2011. The print out of the EC page for the auction will be sent together with this comic!

Contents: Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Backlash!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Mystery writer Wilton believes he has come upon a logical, workable method of committing a crime behind locked doors of a sealed room; But one publisher after another rejects the manuscript at every turn...so Wilton decides to commit the crime for real. "Premium Overdue!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; To humor a good looking, young insurance salesman, Thelma takes out a double-indemnity policy on her good-for-nothing, worthless husband; After she kills him, she drives out on a country road to dispose of the body, fakes an accident, collects the money and then meets George. "Stranger" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "Conniver!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Davis; A comic book editor has endured five years worth of sweating and toiling for his publisher, and never is given the credit he believes is due him; Wanting to get the boss out of the way, Tom Brogen decides to use one of the artists to do the deed through a series of manipulations in which Tom worms his way into Paul's fiancee's life and blames "an affair" with Mr. Graynor. "Heads-Up!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; Dora gets fed up with her husband and his freak show occupation, and falls in love with another circus performer; When Fred discovers the affair and the fact that the pair intend to put him out of the way, he comes up with a plan. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Please note that we don't use a "comic guide" grading system, and OUR grading scale is completely different from standard comic book grading. Our "very good" is completely different from a comic book graded "very good". Note that this comic book will be sent to the winning bidder in a brand new Mylite4 protective sleeve and a full-back 100% acid-free backing board.

Note: We have 19 images of this comic book, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 19 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 9.

Note that due to the greater interest in this comic we have pictured EVERY single page of this comic, which means that you can see EVERY defect the comic has, AND get a good sense of its condition. While we gave the comic an overall condition grade (and sometimes describe the defects in words) please rely on the actual images of the comic to help you decide what YOU think its condition is, and then bid or not bid based on what you are seeing in the images. And if you have ANY doubt as to what the condition of the comic is, or whether you want it in the condition it is is, then please do not bid, as we do not want any retracted bids or returns if at all possible. If in doubt, do not bid!.

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