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Issue: Crime SuspenStories #14
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #14 of 27 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/21/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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 B371692.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #14 published February 1996
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Pages: 1
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Sweet Dreams!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Pamela Kaine (Martin's wife, death); Dr. Firestone (Pamela's doctor); Martin Kaine (villain)
Synopsis: Martin was sorry that he ever married Pamela, and Pamela's medical condition gives him a great opportunity to do away with her. But the idea backfires in a way that he'd never suspect.
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #14 published February 1996
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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The Perfect Place!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Hiram Winner (farmer); June Jenkins (Ernest's wife, death); Agnes Ludlow (writer); Amy Carney (Jess' wife, death, mention only); unnamed Sheriff; Ernest Jenkins (villain, writer); Jess Carney (villain)
Synopsis: Ernest Jenkins is looking to buy a secluded house in the country in order to have absolute privacy for his writing.....or so it seems on the surface. But Ernest has ulterior plans: to murder his wife, brick her up in the basement of the new house, then marry another writer, Agnes Ludlow. Unfortunately for Ernest, it seems that Jess Carney had done the same thing with his wife Amy, confessed to the Sheriff, who now serves a warrant to Jenkins to search the basement!
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1991 published January 1991
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #14 published February 1996
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Pages: 7
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The Pouch

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Hawk Barrum (prospector, death); Daisy (Hawk's horse); Darby (assay office clerk); Ward Tanner (villain, prospector, Hawk's partner)
Synopsis: Hawk is returning from town, toting supplies bought with a few ounces of gold dust he had recovered from his prospecting. He informed Ward that the ore samples he'd taken with him to town to show Darby were worthless. Later, at dinner, Ward saw a quick movement by Hawk with a little pouch, which he quickly hid. Thinking Hawk was holding out on him, having gold dust in the pouch, Ward kills Hawk and seeks the elusive pouch.....which he discovers is full of salt for Daisy!
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The Electric Chair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Mary's lover; Mary Miller (Pete's wife, death); Pete Miller (villain, death)
Synopsis: Pete comes home to find his wife in the arms of another man, and promptly chases him away before shooting and killing Mary. Sentenced to die in the electric chair, and not wanting to die that way, Pete flees the courtroom and makes his way of escape to the subway tunnel. Unfortunately, Pete runs into an on-coming train and dies when he touches the third rail.
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #14 published February 1996
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Quickie #1 of 3.
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The Hangman's Noose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Mrs. Millson; Mrs. Millson's lover (death); Peter Millson (villain, death)
Synopsis: Peter arrives home to find his wife in the arms of her lover, and he promptly pulls out a gun and kills her lover. Knowing that the death penalty in England is by the hangman's noose, and not wanting to die that way, he flees the scene into the subway tunnel, being pursued by bobbies. He attempts to enter a car, but the doors close on his tie and he is dragged (and hanged ironically) to his death.
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #14 published February 1996
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Pages: 2
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The Guillotine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Marie Millet (Pierre's wife, death); Marie's lover (death); Pierre Millet (villain, death)
Synopsis: Pierre arrives home to discover his wife in the arms of another man, so he pulls out a gun and kills them both. Sentenced to death by the guillotine, Pierre times his escape and tries to elude the gendarmes through the metro tunnel and leaps from the platform onto the rails. Unfortunately, a train is coming....he trips and falls, hitting his head.....and the train guillotines him!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Quickie #3 of 3.
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Private Performance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Dora (Leo's wife, death); Leo (villain, master magician); Herbie (villain, a thief, death)
Synopsis: A thief, eyeing a rich woman's jewels for some time, decides to commit robbery one evening at her home after she and her husband had retired. Once inside, he suddenly witnesses the couple arguing and the man kill his wife. Unfortunately for the thief, the man spots him and vows to kill him as well, chasing him to the basement. There the thief learns what the man had done for a living, and it was the last thing he ever learned.
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #14 published February 1996
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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