Shock SuspenStories #17 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin
1	4-Sided Triangle	comic story	8	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	Abner Hester (farmer, death); Hester Yates (Abner's wife); Annie (retarded servant of the Hesters)
2	In Character	comic story	7	script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	Lawrence B. Maynor (President of Magnus Pictures, death); Don Muller (Bela's agent, death); Marcel Duvall (make-up man, death); Sidney Chase (Treasurer of Magnus Pictures, death); Bela Kardiff (villain, actor)
3	Timetable	text story	1	script: Al Feldstein	Sylvia Gardent (Mr. Gardent's wife, death); Mr. Gardent's unnamed secretary; Mr. Gardent (death)
4	The Assassin	comic story	6	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	unnamed actor (death); unnamed assassin (villain)
5	The Operation	comic story	7	script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Wroten	Allie (villain, smuggler, death); Bimmy (villain, smuggler, death); Doc Slater (villain, doctor, death)

Collection	Year
EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn]	1970	On eBay ›
Shock Suspenstories #17	1996	On eBay ›
Aces High ISBN 978-1-60699-784-0	2014	On eBay ›
The EC Archives: Shock SuspenStories #3 ISBN 1-61655-635-8; 978-1-61655-635-8	2015	On eBay ›
Shock Suspenstories #3	1981	On eBay ›
The Thing from the Grave and Other Stories ISBN 9781683960317	2017	On eBay ›
Three for the Money and Other Stories ISBN 9781683964360	2021	On eBay ›

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