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18August-September 1953
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Crime SuspenStories #18

EC · August-September 1953 · on sale 1953-04-02

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Series
Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
August-September 1953
Key date
1953-08-00
On-sale date
1953-04-02
Indicia publisher
L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Wally Wood, Will Elder; inks: Wally Wood, Will Elder
2Fall Guy for Murdercomic story8script: William Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenEdith Wilson [Edith Colby] (Harry's wife, death); Gregg Saunders (private detective, death); Phil (city coroner); Harry Wilson (villain)
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
4Juice for the Record!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenOld Pop Martin (City Hospital Chief Electrician); Doctor Fielding; Richie Martin (villain, Pop's son, death); Ernie Butler (villain, death)
5Eight Bar Resttext story1script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; colors: Marie SeverinBlackstone Presterjohn (attorney); Inspector Hardsteel (mention only); Ernie Treble (trumpet player, death); Barney Butz (villain, saxophone player)
6-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Don Cameron; inks: Don Cameron
7Suspenstory Scribblingsletters page1letters: typeset
8Frozen Assets!comic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenJasper Wentworth (lawyer, death); Mildred Wentworth (Jasper's Aunt, death); unnamed doctor; Mort (villain, Helen's lover); Helen Wentworth (villain, Jasper's wife)
9From Here to Insanitycomic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenMrs. Greene (old woman); Mr. Tucker (apartment manager); unnamed policemen; a homicidal maniac (villain)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tales from the Crypt #41992On eBay ›
Crime Suspenstories #181997On eBay ›
Crime SuspenStories
ISBN 0-939947-08-0
1986On eBay ›
Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-658-4
2013On eBay ›
The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-908-0
2016On eBay ›
Crime Suspenstories #41983On eBay ›
The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-982-0
2017On eBay ›

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