Crime SuspenStories #3 (1951) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Crime SuspenStories	cover	1	script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim Wroten
1	Poison!	comic story	8	script: Johnny Craig; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim Wroten	Margaret Boles (death); Elsa (Boles' housekeeper); unnamed doctor; Mr. Boles (villain, Margaret's husband)
2	The Giggling Killer	comic story	7	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Ben Oda	John Hewlett (death); Mrs. Hewlett (death); Tom (hotel clerk); Mrs. Loman (Lester's wife, death); Lester Loman (villain, death); The Giggling Killer (villain, hitchhiker)
3	Getaway	text story	2	script: Al Feldstein	unnamed Policemen (one bank guard dies); bank robber (villain, death)
4	Loot!	text story	1	script: Al Feldstein	Professor Kraal (death); robber (villain)
5	Faced with Horror!	comic story	6	script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Jim Wroten	Sam (bank teller, death); unnamed doctor (death); Willie Cooper (villain, robber, death); Sam Brogen (villain, gunman)
6	Blood Red Wine!	comic story	7	script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; letters: Jim Wroten	The Old Witch (host); Ramon (wine connoisseur, death); Pietro Ballo (villain, vintner, death)

Collection	Year
Weird Fantasy #17	1951	On eBay ›
Crime Suspenstories #3	1993	On eBay ›
Came the Dawn and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-60699-546-4	2012	On eBay ›
Crime Suspenstories #1	1983	On eBay ›
Voodoo Vengeance and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-60699-965-3	2016	On eBay ›
Doctor of Horror and Other Stories ISBN 9781683961383	2018	On eBay ›
Man and Superman and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-68396-275-5	2020	On eBay ›

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