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Issue: Crime SuspenStories #22
Publication Date: April 1954
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Issues: #22 of 27 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Inks over pencils; colors yet to be added. Crime Suspenstories #22 original cover art by Johnny Craig - Classic decapitation cover used in Senate investigation on juvenile delinquency (EC, May 1954).
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #22 published February 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover became infamous during the 1954 Senate hearings on comics.
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In Each and Every Package

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall (signed)
Inker(s): Reed Crandall (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Bertha Cracken (Norman's wife, death); Bert Collie (game show host); Norman Cracken (villain); Sally (villain, former actress, poses as Norman's wife)
Synopsis: Norman and Sally conspire to kill Norman's wife so that they can go off and be together in New York. Sally had undergone plastic surgery to look just like Bertha and studied her voice from recordings in order to fool everyone and now it was up to Norman to kill Bertha with an axe, which he does. After flying to New York and checking in to a hotel with "his wife", the couple attend the filming of a radio game show, and are chosen as contestants, and win $3000. To their horror, they learn that a crew is back at Norman's back yard in Ohio, burying the treasure: right where Norman buried his wife!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Magic Comics #15 published January 1954
as In Each and Every Package [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagZombie #5 published January 1961
as In Each and Every Package [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1994 published January 1994
as I pose og sekk! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #22 published February 1998
as In Each and Every Package [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inspired by the 1939 John Collier story "Back for Christmas".
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Monotony

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Milton Gans (bank Employee); Mr. Thrumble (bank President); Mrs. Courtright (bank's largest depositor, death); Miss Cheegan (bank employee); Mr. Dillon (villain, bank employee, death)
Synopsis: Mr. Gans is called into the bank President's office and is told that the bank's largest depositor wants to withdraw $50 from her account......and Mr. Gans is to deliver it to her. Taking the money and withdrawal slip with him, Milton arrives at the old ladie's home and is greeted in a most inhospitable way. Quickly conducting business, Gans leaves wondering why wealth was wasted on a person like her. At any rate, he takes the withdrawal slip back to the bank and has Dillon attend to it. However, Dillon decides to enter $500 on Mrs. Courtright's card in stead of $50....time after time.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Magic Comics #15 published January 1954
as Monotony [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagZombie #5 published January 1961
as Monotony [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1989 published January 1989
as Monotoni [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #22 published February 1998
as Monotony [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Safe

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #22 published February 1998
as Safe [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cinder Block

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen [as Kamen] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Kamen [as Kamen] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Magic Comics #15 published January 1954
as Cinder Block [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagZombie #5 published January 1961
as Cinder Block [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1994 published January 1994
as Brennende begjær [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #22 published February 1998
as Cinder Block [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Sight Unseen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein (co-plot, script); Bill Gaines (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1994 published January 1994
as Blindt hat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #22 published February 1998
as Sight Unseen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

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