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Issue: Crime SuspenStories #9
Publication Date: February 1952
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Issues: #9 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: 10/25/1951
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: 8 (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 B325430.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Alice; Brad
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #9 published November 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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Johnny Craig

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): The EC "Artist of the Issue"
Character(s): Johnny Craig (photo)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDen store skrækbog #[nn] published January 1974
as Johnny Craig [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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Understudy to a Corpse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Brad; Alice (Brad's wife); Cyrus Klitch (miserly hypocrite, death, in flashback); Myra (villain, Klitch's nurse, in flashback); Jeremy (villain, Klitch's nephew, death, in flashback)
First Line: There it is, Alice!
Synopsis: Brad and Alice discover an old trunk in the attic of their new home....a trunk containing the bones of a corpse. The story concerning those bones involves several murders over money; such as the nephew poisoning his rich uncle for his money, then pretending to be him to alter his will, only to be killed by his uncle's nurse who wants the inheritance!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1993 published January 1993
as Så lik sin onkel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #9 published November 1994
as Understudy to a Corpse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Cover story.

Most of the story is told in flashback.
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Medicine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): Dr. Luther Haines (famed surgeon); Sally Doyle (Luther's nurse); Nora Bates Haines (villain, Luther's wife, death)
First Line: Nora drew aside the richly colored drape...
Synopsis: When Luther arrives home late from surgery, his wife Nora rushes away in the car, even though her husband tries to tell her something. She recounts how she met Luther, and the quick wedding (only for his money, not love). Later, she discovers Luther had to have his meds every day at 4pm and counted on Miss Doyle reminding him of that. But Nora is jealous of Miss Doyle, who went with Luther everywhere. So Nora decides to poison Luther's meds. Unfortunately, Nora gets into an accident because of bad brakes on the car and only her husband can operate....after he takes his meds, that is!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8/1992 published January 1992
as Medisin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #9 published November 1994
as Medicine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Script and co-plot revisions by Craig Delich.

Much of story is told in flashback.
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Accident

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): Shinwell (party host); Mary Munsey (Muncie's wife); Alfred Munsey (villain)
Synopsis: Sick and tired of his wife dressing him down in front of the people attending the Shinwell party, Alfred decides the time had come to kill his wife. Pulling into their garage and closing its door, Alfred choked his wife to death, then left the car running to simulate death by carbon monoxide poisoning. Unfortunately, Alfred had imbibed so much booze at the party that, he passed out......permanently!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Page count correction by Craig Delich.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): SuspenStory Scribblings!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jimmy Chandler, Murray Weiss & Eugene Schaffel, Lila Gerand, Bill Sullivan, Jimmy Bunch and Thomas Roarke.
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Cut!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime SuspenStories
Character(s): John Hammond (screen idol, death); Emery Edwards (movie director); Marx (lighting man); Pierre Marcel (Slade's make-up man); Billings (Hammond's butler); Russell Slade (villain, stand-in for Hammond, death)
First Line: Fade in to scene 1...
Synopsis: Vain movie stand-in Russell Slade, realizing that his make-up man makes the actor look exactly like John Hammond, devises a plan to get rid of the actor and take his place. But the plan backfires in an unexpected way.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1989 published January 1989
as Klipp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #9 published November 1994
as Cut! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Co-plot and script revisions by Craig Delich.
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A Tree Grows in Borneo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (host); George Wilkers (death); Amos Hall (villain, death)
First Line: Hee, hee! Welcome, fiends!
Synopsis: George and Amos are exploring dense Borneo jungles in search of a proper location for company mine development when they discover ancient temples built by the Kenyahs, a people who buried their dead inside hollowed out trees. George is interested in the solid gold roofs of the temples, but Amos explains a curse on anyone desecrating the temples. They bring gold back, sharing it, but Amos gets greedy and decides to kill George and not share the rest of the gold. When he returns to the Kenyah temples to get more gold, the curse strikes him down.
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Suspenstories #9 published November 1994
as A Tree Grows in Borneo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Script and co-plot revisions by Craig Delich.

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