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Issue: Crime SuspenStories #23
Publication Date: June 1954
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Issues: #23 of 27 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
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)
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5 [1988] published January 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1992
as Crime SuspenStories #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #23 published May 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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This'll Kill You!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Pete Collins (lab scientist); Carl Prather (lab scientist); Joe Endersby (lab scientist, Victor's best friend, death); unnamed police Desk Sergeant; unnamed police clerk; Victor Gattling (villain, lab scientist)
First Line: It was a chill blustering night at the end of March...
Synopsis: The police are stunned when Victor Gattling brings in the dead body of his best friend and then claims that he, Victor, has been killed by his best friend!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1992
as This'll Kill You! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #23 published May 1998
as This'll Kill You! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
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Standing Room Only

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Cynthia Otis [nee Cynthia Dunn] (Carl's sister, Peter's wife, death); Peter Otis (Cynthia's husband, death); two un-named state troopers; un-named police lieutenant; George L. Berry (Peter's lawyer); Carl Dunn [aka Mrs. Cynthia Otis] (villain, a clerk, Cynthia's brother)
First Line: Carl Dunn stood in his underwear...
Synopsis: Siblings Carl and Cynthia spent their early years cross-dressing in order to have laughs on their friends but fall out of favor with each other. Some time later, Carl sees that his sister has married into money, so he murders his sister and her husband and then disguises himself as her in order to have access to those funds as beneficiary. Unfortunately, Carl makes a bone-headed mistake while "dating" Peter's lawyer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1992
as Standing Room Only [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #23 published May 1998
as Standing Room Only [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
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The Real Thing

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Simon Goober (President of Last Laugh Novelty Company); Goober's un-named assistant; two un-named crooks (villains)
First Line: Painted on the door were the words: Last Laugh Novelty Co.
Synopsis: Two disguised crooks enter the offices of President Simon Goober and demand all his cash. When he opens the safe, the crooks pull out stage money. Furious, they demand that Goober write them a check, made out to cash, for all but $100 in the account, and, as a final insult, demand the five cigars Goober has in his pocket. After they have left, Goober and his assistant share a laugh as the check was filled out with invisible ink... and the cigars were explosive ones!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1992
as The Real Thing [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Return Blow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Miss Henrietta Sanford (rich old lady, death); Martin Schuman (Sanford's attorney); Alma (villain, Luke's wife, death); Luke (villain, milk delivery man, death)
First Line: I'm standin' here in the attic of this crummy roomin' house we live in...
Synopsis: Alma and Luke decide to butter up Alma's boss lady at the fabulous Sanford Manion in order to get Alma listed in the old lady's will as beneficiary for a cool $250,000. But waiting for her to die got onto Luke's nerves, so he decided to hurry the process up a little. But his plan literally blows up in his and Alma's face.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1992
as Return Blow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1993 published January 1993
as Boomerang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #23 published May 1998
as Return Blow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.
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Last Resort

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Mona Wheeler (Jerry's wife, death); Sheriff Coles; Jane Yarboro (villain, waitress, Jerry's lover); Jerry Wheeler (villain)
First Line: The rain was beating a staccato rhythm on the roof...
Synopsis: Jerry hated Mona, hated her for being controlled by her money, so he seeks out a diversion in young and beautiful Jane, a waitress in town. Jerry kills Mona and dumps her into a lake at night, which eventually trips him up because he had dumped her body into crystal clear Silver Springs!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1992
as Last Resort [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #23 published May 1998
as Last Resort [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit verified by Al Feldstein.

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