Subject Matter
Genres:
crime, non-fiction
Character(s):
Ken Weston (Policeman, reformed criminal); Ken's mother (death); Ken's father (death); Police Chief; Johnny; Chick Blaine (villain, racketeer, death); Charlie Brandon (villain, death); "Fingers" Davis (villain, cameo)
First Line:
The true story of a "rookie cop" as told to F.C. Aljon
Synopsis:
Ken, witnessing a racketeer shooting down a stool pigeon on the street, dreams of of the day when he would own a car like Chick Blaine's. So he and a pal, Charlie, joined Blaine's operation. But when Ken's parents find out, they are furious, and in the next minute, a grenade, thrown from Blaine's car, explodes, killing Ken's parents. Ken reforms, joins the Police force, and asks to be assigned to Blaine's territory to seek revenge and justice for his parents.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
9
Notes:
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Dissatisfied with Craig's slow output of work, editor Feldstein tried a short-lived experiment where he and Craig teamed up on some stories, using the pen name of "F.C. Aljon" (derived from the initials of their last names and compounded first syllables of their first names. In an interview in 1983 with John Benson, Feldstein, speaking of these stories, said "I penciled and John would ink it. He would straighten out my lousy drawing." But the stories themselves cast some doubt on such a precise division of labor.
For example, in this story, it seems that Feldstein inked the story.....maybe the entire story with very little, if any, of Craig's hand recognizable in the art.
Feldstein fictionalized all of the names of the true persons appearing in the story.
Detail
Russ Cochran
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