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Issue: Crime SuspenStories #8
Publication Date: December 1951
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Issues: #8 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: 08/22/1951
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: 6 (5 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, July-December 1951, page 195, registration number B315815.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Herman Winkler; Dr. Paul Merrick
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #2 published September 1990
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #8 published August 1994
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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Out of the Frying Pan...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Old Charlie (patient); Herb (patient); Hank's girlfriend (cameo); Hank's girlfriend's lover (death); Hank Bowers (villain)
First Line: Hmm... just 9 P.M.!
Synopsis: Old Charlie's efforts to describe the sights outside of the hospital window are really appreciated by two paralyzed patients. But soon, a new patient, Hank Bowers, being held for murder and supposedly blind, is put into the room and he does not appreciate such talk. Until Hank gets an idea for escape.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #2 published September 1990
as Out of the Frying Pan... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1992 published January 1992
as Blind flukt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #8 published August 1994
as Out of the Frying Pan... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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

Inspired by an anecdote from Bennett Cerf's 1944 book "Try and Stop Me".
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A Trace of Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Muriel Fenwick (Irving's wife, death); Emma Morley (Felix's wife, death); Helen (Felix's girlfriend); unnamed Police Lieutenant (cameo); unnamed Chief of Police (cameo); unnamed doctor (cameo); two young cemetery vandals [Moose; Butch] (cameos for both); unnamed cemetery caretaker; Irving Fenwick (villain, death); Felix Morley (villain)
First Line: Irving Fenwick turned away from his wife Muriel...
Synopsis: The murder-suicide of a husband and wife greatly interests Felix Morley, who wishes to do away with his nagging wife for young and fresh Helen. Felix researches and discovers that some poisons can be administered with no trace of the poison left behind and decides to use it on his wife, Emma, who dies, and all her money is left to Felix. But Felix slips and says that he killed his wife to his girl, so Helen goes to the Police. Unbeknownst to Felix, two cemetery vandals switch the headstones of Emma and Muriel, so when the Police investigate, Felix is in a fix.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #2 published September 1990
as A Trace of Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #8 published August 1994
as A Trace of Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Plot and script credits by Craig Delich.

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

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Morton (villain, death); Ben Carlisle (villain); Donna (villain, Ben's moll and wife, death)
First Line: Ever since they had pulled that hundred grand job up in Scranton...
Synopsis: Carlisle and Morton had perpetrated a $100,000 heist in Scranton, but managed to outrun the law. But Morton loved Ben's moll, Donna, so planned to have her set up Ben for a killing, then she and Morton could run off together with all the dough. However, Ben knows of the plan and plans a double-cross himself, which works out well.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #2 published September 1990
as Double-Cross [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Page count revision from 1 to 2 by Craig Delich.
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The Escaped Maniac!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Charles Beeker (factory worker, hitchhiker, death); Bert (villain, vehicle driver)
First Line: The engine hummed contentedly as I guided the car along the highway...
Synopsis: Bert picks up a hitchhiker alongside the road in a blinding rainstorm and begin a journey together. But when Beeker turns on the radio instead of the car's heater, they hear a broadcast telling of an escaped maniac from the state hospital for the criminally insane and not to pick up any hitchhikers. Naturally, Bert is nervous as they locate an unoccupied home to get out of the rain. Unfortunately, Charles falls victim to the man who picked him up: the real maniac!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #2 published September 1990
as The Escaped Maniac! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #8 published August 1994
as The Escaped Maniac! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Plot and script credits by Craig Delich.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover, above).
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Partnership 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); Miss Stone (Winkler's secretary); Doctor Paul Merrick (inventor, death); Herman Winkler (villain, packing house owner, death)
First Line: Hee, hee! Yes, it's me again!
Synopsis: Doc Merrick displays the effectiveness of his secret chemical solution to tenderize meat: an extract of the papaya fruit, containing an enzyme called Papien which, when mixed with Merrick's secret catalytic agent, creates a solution which acts like Pepsin, a digestive enzyme found in the human body. Together they plan to undercut their competitors in the meat business by dipping cheap cuts into the solution and creating high grade steak. Although Winkler kills Merrick to get all the profits from this partnership, he unexpectedly drinks some of the solution which dissolves him from the inside.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Crypt #2 published September 1990
as Partnership Dissolved! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #4/1993 published January 1993
as Oppløst partnerskap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #8 published August 1994
as Partnership Dissolved! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script and plot credits by Craig Delich.

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

Cover story.

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