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Issue: Crime SuspenStories #5
Publication Date: June 1951
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Issues: #5 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: 02/21/1951
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 B287802.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): John Golden; Harry Marks
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1991 published January 1991
as Krim-spesial [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1991
as Crime SuspenStories #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #5 published November 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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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The Sewer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): John Golden (party host, matinee idol, death); Irene Golden (party host, John's wife); unnamed Police Sergeant; Harry Marks (villain, John's Business Manager, death)
First Line: Ah! There was headroom here...
Synopsis: At a party thrown by the Goldens, Harry and Irene concoct a scheme to kill John, dump him in a sewer, and then be together for all time. However, the foul deed, once done, turns Irene's stomach and she ditches Harry. But Harry has another plan in mind what to do to cover his tracks when he discovers she has gone to the police.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1991 published January 1991
as I kloakken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1991
as The Sewer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #5 published November 1993
as The Sewer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as The Sewer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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Mr. Biddy... Killer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Sidney Brackman (Assistant D.A., narrator); Emily Chester (Archie's wife, death, in flashback); Mr. Biddy (make-believe villain, in flashback); Archie Chester (villain)
First Line: Archie's wife nagged and nagged and nagged!
Synopsis: Really fed up with his wife, Archie ponders what to do.....until he meets a Mr. Biddy, who offers to kill his wife for Archie. But things are not what they seem once the foul deed is done.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThree Dimensional EC Classics #1 published January 1954
as Mr. Biddy... Killer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1991
as Mr. Biddy... Killer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #5 published November 1993
as Mr. Biddy ... Killer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script revisions by Craig Delich.

Much of the story is told in flashback.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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Smart!

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): Bernie (villain, Hal's partner, death); Hal Blake (villain, death)
First Line: Hal Blake bent over the trigger and gave it a final pat.
Synopsis: Hal decided that splitting the take from a recent bank-job was no longer an option with his partner, so he rigged an elaborate way to kill his partner and keep the swag. What he didn't realize was that his partner had been thinking along the same lines.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1991
as Smart! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Idol

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): unnamed native guard (death); Atkins (villain, death)
Synopsis: Atkins murders a native guard, then makes his way into a temple in order to steal the famed Fang Ruby of the Snake Idol........a gem that carried a curse of immediate death to anyone trying to steal it. As he pried the fang-shaped ruby from the carved serpent's mouth, he discovered why the curse existed.......but it was the last thing he remembered.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Masthead is a typeset title with colored background.
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The Gullible One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Fred Vanderhoff (death); Mr. Vanderhoff (Fred's father); Jeeves (Vanderhoff's servant); Group of hunters [Sy Dawson; Joe King (villain); Jerry Latch; Hal Allenby (death)]
First Line: I was always the butt for practical jokes!
Synopsis: Fred Vanderhoff invited a group of his hunter friends to his mountain retreat to do some hunting, but the next morning they discovered that a heavy snow had fallen overnight, trapping them in their retreat for at least two weeks. When their host was killed the next day, the others made their way to the police, each suspecting another of the crime. When all were invited by Fred's father to the Vanderhoff mansion, the old man had a test to prove who the guilty party was.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1990 published January 1990
as Den lettlurte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1991
as The Gullible One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #5 published November 1993
as The Gullible One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Feldstein's script combines the elements of Agatha Christie's classic "And Then There Were None" with a Cornell Woolrich story, "After Dinner Story."

Script revisions by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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Partially Dissolved!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Ventar the Great (magician, death); Molto (villain, Ventar's assistant, death)
First Line: Hee, hee! Yep! It's me again!
Synopsis: Crowds flock to the theater to see Ventar, acclaimed as good a magician as the late Houdini or Thurston. The magician later reveals to his longtime assistant a new metal he created that dissolves in water, thus allowing him to do a variety of seemingly dangerous illusions. But the assistant double-crosses his master and later assumes the role of master illusionist....until Ventar returns from the grave for justice.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #5 published March 1991
as Partially Dissolved [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #5 published November 1993
as Partially Dissolved! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script revisions by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).

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