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Issue: Shock SuspenStories #1
Publication Date: February 1952
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Issues: #1 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/20/1951
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 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. The original filing states Tiny Tot Comics, Inc. is the copyright holder. Registration number B330135.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Shock SuspenStories
Synopsis: Criminal in an electric chair.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #1 published September 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing, 2006 series): Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 (July 2006).
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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Shock Talk

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing, 2006 series): Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 (July 2006)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Script addition of Gaines by Craig Delich.
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The Neat Job!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Crime SuspenStory
Character(s): Arthur Berdeen (Eleanor's husband, death); two unnamed detectives; Eleanor Berdeen (villain)
First Line: Brace yourself for the impact of the shocking wind-up to this yarn!
Synopsis: An abused housewife married to a neat freak snaps one day and neatly dices the sections of her husband's body into small jars.
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #1 published September 1992
as The Neat Job! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1993 published January 1993
as Ryddig gjort! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing, 2006 series): Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 (July 2006)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Feldtein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Yellow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): A War SuspenStory
Character(s): Sergeant Maurer (radio man); unnamed sentry; Captain Millikan ("B" Company Commander); Lieutenant Martin Henderson (the Colonel's son, death); Sergeant Hefner; Colonel Clark Henderson; The Nazis (villains, named only)
First Line: Here is a tale of tension with an electrifying finish!
Synopsis: A Colonel's son faces the firing squad for cowardice under fire, and is court-martialed and found guilty, sentenced to die by firing squad. Later, the Colonel lies to his boy, telling him that the rifles are loaded with blanks so that his son will go to his death like a man.
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In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8/1992 published January 1992
as Feig! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #1 published September 1992
as Yellow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing, 2006 series): Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 (July 2006)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Feldtein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Last Will

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): Wendell Canfield (Uncle of Meredith Canfield, death); Meredith Canfield (villain, death)
First Line: His uncle planned to change the provisions of his Will.
Synopsis: Discovering that the provisions of the will of his Uncle are going to be changed to cut him off completely, young Canfield, wanting half of his Uncle's estate, decides to kill his Uncle and drag the corpse to the attic. Unfortunately for him, his Uncle's blood leads literally to his downfall and eventual death, but not before he spots a piece of paper indicating that his Uncle was going to leave the entire estate to him!
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #1 published September 1992
as Last Will [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing, 2006 series): Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 (July 2006)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Alibi!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Merrick's unnamed partner (prospector, death); Merrick (villain, prospector, death)
First Line: As they trudged through the rain in single file...
Synopsis: Two prospectors, on their way to cash in $2000 worth of gold dust, run afoul of one another, when one of them, Merrick, decides to kill his partner for his gold. But his plan will soon backfire, with tragic results.
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #1 published September 1992
as Alibi! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing, 2006 series): Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 (July 2006)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Monsters!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): A Science-Fiction SuspenStory
Character(s): Hinkel (scientist); Alex (scientist); Herman (scientist); Jennings (stenographer); two mutants
First Line: This science fiction story with its surprise ending should give you a jolt!
Synopsis: Aliens deposit their mutant births on Earth which, to them, appear as horrible monsters, but appear as regular human beings to the Earth men.
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #1 published September 1992
as The Monsters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing, 2006 series): Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 (July 2006)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Feldtein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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The Rug!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): A Horror SuspenStory
Character(s): Conrad "Connie" Cartwright (wealthy socialite); Reggie (playboy, Cartwright's companion)
First Line: Here is a story, tinged with terror, with a startling blood-curdling climax!
Synopsis: Conrad and his friend Reggie head up to the big woods for some relaxation, as well as going hunting for a grizzly bear. However, Reggie voices his loathing for Cartwright's hunting of big game and then making rugs out of them. But Conrad is due for a surprise one night after he bags one grizzly and then hears another one out in the darkness.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #1 published September 1992
as The Rug! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing, 2006 series): Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 (July 2006)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Feldtein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

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