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Issue: Crime SuspenStories #12
Publication Date: August 1952
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/29/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1952, page 66, registration number B353168.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Johnny Craig (signed)
Johnny Craig (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
crime
Crime SuspenStories
Reprinting
FlagTales from the Crypt #1 published July 1991
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Cover, Back]
FlagTales from the Crypt #1 published July 1991
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Cover, Back]
FlagCrime Suspenstories #12 published August 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
The Execution!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Johnny Craig (signed)
Johnny Craig (signed)
Johnny Craig (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
crime
Crime SuspenStories
Alvis (stranded motorist, prison's Chief Engineer); Inmate #82562 (death); Warden Johnson; unnamed prison doctor; inmate's wife; inmates's children (cameo); unnamed inmate's lawyer; unnamed girl (cameo, death); prison chaplain
A man stops for a standed motorist who has skidded into a snowbank. At about the same time, a young woman is murdered, and from the description of the killer and the getaway car, it seems that the man who aided the stranded motorist is guilty. He is imprisoned and faces the electric chair unless the man he helped out comes forward the clear him.
Reprinting
FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1989 published January 1989
as Henrettelsen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTales from the Crypt #1 published July 1991
as The Execution! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrime Suspenstories #12 published August 1995
as The Execution! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
Murder the Lover!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
crime
Crime SuspenStories
Jeanne Martin (Kenneth's wife); Walter Graham (Jeanne's lover, Kenneth's friend, death); Kenneth Martin (villain, wealthy businessman, death)
A businessman, Ken Martin, comes home one evening and discovers his wife in the arms of his best friend, Walt. Ken swears revenge, so he calls the man up and suggests the two go moose hunting together, while secretly planning to "accidently" kill him. He succeeds, but a moose decides Kenneth's fate.
Reprinting
FlagTales from the Crypt #1 published July 1991
as Murder the Lover! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1994 published January 1994
as Drep elskeren! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrime Suspenstories #12 published August 1995
as Murder the Lover! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Quickie #1 of 2.

Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
Murder the Husband!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
crime
Crime SuspenStories
Kenneth Martin (wealthy businessman, death); Jeanne Martin (Kenneth's wife); Walter Graham (villain, Kenneth's friend, Jeanne's lover, death)
Walter is madly in love with Kenneth's wife, but he knows his friend will never get a divorce, so he decides to kill him. When Kenneth invites Walter on a moose hunting trip, Walter agrees, and the pair go out in a boat loaded with ropes and weights. Walter shoots and kills Kenneth, but his bullets go through the bottom of the boat, causing it to sink, and Walter can't swim!
Reprinting
FlagMad #11 published May 1954
as Murder the Husband! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad #11 published May 1954
as Murder the Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]art only
FlagTales from the Crypt #1 published July 1991
as Murder the Husband! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1994 published January 1994
as Drep ektemannen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrime Suspenstories #12 published August 1995
as Murder the Husband! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Murder the Husband! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Quickie #2 of #2.

Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
Trap!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Feldstein
? (masthead illustration)
? (masthead illustration)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Hackett (villain, death)
Hackett kills someone and empties his pockets, leaving behind a monogrammed handkerchief and a keycase, taking the man's money only, realizing the other items could trap him into a murder charge. He goes to a bar and wishes to pay for his bill with a dime taken from his victim, but he sees that the coin has a hole in the center, so pays for the bill with a quarter. He throws the dime away, believing it to be the victim's lucky coin, but more appear in his pocket. Later killed in a car accident, the killer never hears the anouncement over the radio about these dimes!
Reprinting
FlagTales from the Crypt #1 published July 1991
as Trap! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrime Suspenstories #12 published August 1995
as Trap! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Snooze to Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Jack Kamen [as Kamen] (signed)
Jack Kamen [as Kamen] (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
crime
Crime SuspenStories
Mr. Crestwood (Herbert's co-worker); Higgin (business associate of Herbert's); Nancy Chase (Herbert's wife, death); Herbert Chase (villain, Nancy's husband); Edith (villain, the Chase's maid, Herbert's lover)
Herbert comes home late one night and his waiting wife. Suspecting that he is having an affair, she confronts him, shooting down all of his alibis. She tells him to leave but has second thoughts and phones him to come back, but he refuses. So she devises a plot to take a whole bottle of sleeping pills after writing a suicide note, then have Edith, her maid, call Herbert, then an ambulance so the attendants can save her life. But Edith and Herbert pull a fast one on Nancy!
Reprinting
FlagTales from the Crypt #1 published July 1991
as Snooze to Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagIskalde Grøss #6/1994 published January 1994
as Sov godt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrime Suspenstories #12 published August 1995
as Snooze to Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
Paralyzed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)
Marie Severin
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
horror
The Haunt of Fear
The Old Witch (host); Selma (the Hewton's friend); Mrs. Stark (neighbor of the Hewton's); Ernest Hewton (death); Gladys Hewton (villain, Ernest's wife, death)
A seemingly happily married couple actually hate one another, and the husband wants out of the 15-year marriage. The wife refuses. They get involved in an auto accident, and Gladys is paralyzed in the wreck. Ernest decides to stay with her to tend to her needs but demands a night off every week. He buys her a gun to shoot any intruder that may break in while he is gone. When he comes home, Gladys has a surprise for him; she is not paralyzed after all, and she intends to kill him!
Reprinting
FlagTales from the Crypt #1 published July 1991
as Paralyzed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrime Suspenstories #12 published August 1995
as Paralyzed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.

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