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Issue: Crime SuspenStories #4
Publication Date: April 1951
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Issues: #4 of 27 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/02/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1951, page 37, registration number B279261.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Heads-Up!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Fred Butler; Dora Butler
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #4 published August 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: in E.C. Archives: Crime SuspenStories (Gemstone, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title taken from story.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Backlash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Matthew Kee (locksmith, death); George; Jacques Harnold (newspaper publisher, mention only, death); Dave Wilton (villain, mystery writer); unnamed killer (villain)
First Line: I have it! I have it!
Synopsis: Mystery writer Wilton believes he has come upon a logical, workable method of committing a crime behind locked doors of a sealed room. But one publisher after another rejects the manuscript at every turn.....so Wilton decides to commit the crime for real. Becoming quite smug that the authorities cannot locate "the killer," Wilton doesn't reckon with what happens next!
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #4 published August 1993
as Backlash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in E.C. Archives: Crime SuspenStories (Gemstone, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Premium Overdue!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): unnamed insurance salesman; Sam Brenton (Thelma's husband, death); George Tosker (Thelma's new husband, death); Thelma Brenton [Tosker](villain)
First Line: My name? What does it matter!
Synopsis: To humor a good looking, young insurance salesman, Thelma takes out a double-indemnity policy on her good-for-nothing, worthless husband. After she kills him, she drives out on a country road to dispose of the body, fakes an accident, collects the money and then meets George. George changes his insurance policy to now include his new wife, but when a tragic accident, similar to the one that killed Sam, occurs, Thelma is nailed for murder.
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #4 published August 1993
as Premium Overdue! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1994 published January 1994
as Premieforfall! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in E.C. Archives: Crime SuspenStories (Gemstone, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story title is an overt reference to the James M. Cain novel "Double Indemnity" and the movie version from Billy Wilder, released to acclaim in 1944.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when this issue was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171).
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Reference:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.
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Stranger

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): unnamed radio station announcer; Mulligan (radio station guard); Cal Clinton (radio station employee, mention only, death); a stranger (villain)
Synopsis: Into a radio studio one night appears a strange man who predicts the deaths of several station employees.....in advance!
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Reprint Notes: in E.C. Archives: Crime SuspenStories (Gemstone, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Seaweed

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mike Herzog (mention only, death); Detective Sergeant; Blackie Morton (villain, death); Al Werner (villain, death); Bing Sharkey (villain, death); Jack Bleeker (villain, death)
First Line: The detectives stood staring at the body stretched out in the hallway.
Synopsis: A gang of four crooks admit in a note to killing a Mike Herzog by dumping him into the ocean, and as he went down, the soon-to-be corpse swore revenge on all of them. Several detectives begin to believe in the curse when they find the last of the four dead.....with a piece of seaweed under the body!
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #4 published August 1993
as Seaweed [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in E.C. Archives: Crime SuspenStories (Gemstone, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Masthead is a typeset green bar.
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Conniver!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mr. Graynor (comic book publisher); Miss Crown (secretary for Mr. Graynor); Paul Lewis (comic artist); Carol (Paul's fiancee); Tom Brogen (villain, comic book editor)
First Line: You think you're smart, don't you?
Synopsis: A comic book editor has endured five years' worth of sweating and toiling for his publisher, and never is given the credit he believes is due him. Wanting to get the boss out of the way, Tom Brogen decides to use one of the artists to do the deed through a series of manipulations in which Tom worms his way into Paul's fiancée's life and blames "an affair" with Mr. Graynor. But the scheme backfires in an unusual way!
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1993 published January 1993
as Smarting [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #4 published August 1993
as Conniver! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in E.C. Archives: Crime SuspenStories (Gemstone, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script revision by Craig Delich.
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Heads-Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Dora Butler (Fred's wife, death); Hal (Dora's lover, death); Fred Butler (villain, freak-show owner)
First Line: Hee, hee! Well... my cauldron is bubbling and steaming...
Synopsis: Dora gets fed up with her husband and his freak show occupation, and falls in love with another circus performer. When Fred discovers the affair and the fact that the pair intend to put him out of the way, he comes up with a plan......
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #4 published August 1993
as Heads-Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in E.C. Archives: Crime SuspenStories (Gemstone, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

Panels 5 and 6 on page 7 may contain self portraits of Ingels.

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