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Issue: Shock SuspenStories #5
Publication Date: October 1952
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Issues: #5 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/17/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1952, page 224, registration number B367758.
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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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Gaines File Copy CGC NM/MT 9.8
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Shock SuspenStories
Synopsis: A lynch mob hang a man.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1990 published January 1990
as Grimme krimgåter [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #5 published September 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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Well-Traveled!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Crime SuspenStory
Character(s): Jack Bailey (Horace's neighbor); Philip Bailey (Jack's son); Bess Weems (Horace's wife, death); Horace Weems (villain)
First Line: Brace yourself for the jolting conclusion to this gripping tale!
Synopsis: A henpecked husband dis-members his wife after she refuses to let him spend money on toy trains once too often.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #5 published September 1993
as Well-Traveled! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Hate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Shock SuspenStory
Character(s): Dave Gold (death); Ethel Gold (Dave's wife, death); Mary Smith (John's wife); Mrs. White (John's adoptive mother); John Smith's unnamed son; John Smith (villain, reforms); Charlie (villain); Ed (villain)
First Line: You'll be jarred by the startling climax of this shocking narrative!
Synopsis: A man goes along with a plan to set fire to a Jewish couple's home until his mother tells him he's adopted and that his natural parents were Jews.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5 [1988] published January 1988
as Hat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #5 published September 1993
as Hate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #2 published August 2012
as Hate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black-and-white reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Justice

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): Sheriff Ben Strang; Ben's unnamed son
Synopsis: Cursed and reviled, Sheriff Strang's harsh and ruthless form of justice made enemies of him by many of Blind Sam's citizens. Particularly repugnant was the justice meted out this evening to a young boy.....at the end of a rope. That boy: the Sheriff's own son!
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #5 published September 1993
as Justice [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What Fur?!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): A Science-Fiction SuspenStory
Character(s): Emile Le Doux (a furrier); Henri (the furrier's assistant, death); Captain George Limpfort (rocket transporter); Emma Limpfort (George's wife)
First Line: Here is a science-fiction yarn with sheer, stark terror in its electrifying finish!
Synopsis: Captain Limpfort is hired by a furrier to fly him to a planet in another Solar System in order for the furrier to trap and skin skunks, which he makes into fashion apparel. They soon learn that the planet is inhabited by aliens who skin humans for their pelts!
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #5 published September 1993
as What Fur?! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.
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Cold Cuts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): A Horror SuspenStory
Character(s): Helen Benson (Victor's wife, death); Charlie (real estate agent); Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Ed (Victor's partner); Victor Benson (villain)
First Line: The impact of the horrifying wind-up to this story will curdle your blood!
Synopsis: A man murders his wife and cuts up her body in the tub to store in the meat locker. His plans to dispose of the remains are continually frustrated until his friend invites him for dinner, and, after he's taken a bite, reveals to him that he borrowed the meat from the locker.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5 [1988] published January 1988
as Skjæring! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #5 published September 1993
as Cold Cuts! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Feldstein reports that Wroten used a K & E Lettering Stylus to do all the lettering with.

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