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[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): Johnny Craig

Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Fred

First Line: Being an anatomy professor affords me the perfect place to dispose of my wife's body!

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Crime Suspenstories #11 published May 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters and colorist credits by Craig Delich.

Stiff Punishment!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Dean Martin (Fred's friend, cameo); Gibbs (a student); Jo Ann (Fred's wife, death); Fred (villain, medical college Professor)

Synopsis: Jo Ann, fifteen years the junior of her husband, is sickened by his profession: a college professor in anatomy, and cannot stand his fascination with dissecting bodies and the like. After an argument, the two split up, but Fred decides on a fool-proof plan to kill his wife... or so he thinks!

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Iskalde Grøss #5/1993 published January 1993
as Et stivt stykke! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Crime Suspenstories #11 published May 1995
as Stiff Punishment! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

One Man's Poison!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Penciller(s): Jack Kamen (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Kamen (signed)

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Dick Saxon (family friend); John (death); Mary (villain, John's wife, death)

Synopsis: John and Mary fought tooth and nail all the time, until one evening, Mary decided to kill her husband. However, she had to make it look like an accident. Partially opening a can of beans, then letting it sit out for a week or so, she was sure the contents would provide the food poisoning to do the job. Every day, she would ingest a bean or two and get sick, then recover, figuring that if her husband ate a large portion of the contents one night, he would die. He did, but Mary celebrated the fact by having a glass of wine, not knowing it had been poisoned by her husband.

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Crime Suspenstories #11 published May 1995
as One Man's Poison! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Big Money

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Feldstein

Penciller(s): ? (masthead illustration)

Inker(s): ? (masthead illustration)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): unnamed policemen; John Garrity (villain, con); Morse (villain, Garrity's partner); Morse (villain, Garrity's partner)

Synopsis: Garrity was racing like a madman with his satchel of loot in hand while his partners were delaying the police. Heading toward the railroad platform, he discovered he did not have a dime to put in the turnstile, so he ducked under it, still running after the departing train. When the Police stopped him, they couldn't understand why in the world he was attempting to not pay the dime when he had half a million in his satchel.

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Crime Suspenstories #11 published May 1995
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Pages: 2

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Feldstein

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): SuspenStory Scribblings

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Editorial; letters from Orner Shumate, James McCawley, Jr., Patricia Tribel, Bobby Nielsen.

Two for One!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Carleton Ashley [aka Ashton] (businessman); Arnold Simms; Bemmer (villain, Ashley's bookkeeper)

Synopsis: Carleton Ashley must raise $20,000 quickly or be forced to declare bankruptcy, meaning that he would lose everything he had worked for. The same day a Mr. Simms informed Ashley that he had a fool-proof way to double any investment almost immediately. So Ashley scrapes together $10,000, sees Simms and exchanges the $10,000 for $20,000 in what he believes to be fool-proof counterfeit currency. But Ashley soon becomes a victim of a scam perpetrated on him by his bookkeeper.

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Iskalde Grøss #1/1993 published January 1993
as To mot en! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Crime Suspenstories #11 published May 1995
as Two for One! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 4

Notes: Quickie #1 of 2.

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

Four for One!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Leslie M. Stevenson (city bank President); Donald Irwin (villain)

Synopsis: Donald Irwin tells a bank President that he has exaggerated his wealth to a prospective client, and if that client accepts Irwin's offer, then Irwin must pay that client $10,000. What he needs the bank to do, to impress the client with Irwin's supposed wealthy status, is to open a checking account for Irwin, deposit the $10,000 that Irwin gives them, then gladly cash that check later for the client when he presents it. What the bank President doesn't realize is that five different people will appear to different tellers at the same time to cash a check.

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Iskalde Grøss #1/1993 published January 1993
as Fire mot en! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Crime Suspenstories #11 published May 1995
as Four for One! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 2

Notes: Quickie #2 of 2.

Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

A Fool and His Honey Are Soon Parted!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)

Penciller(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Inker(s): Graham Ingels [as Ghastly] (signed)

Colorist(s): Marie Severin

Letterer(s): Jim Wroten

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): The Haunt of Fear

Character(s): The Old Witch (host); Armand Cartier (plantation owner); Nanette Cartier (Bovant's wife); Charles Bovant (plantation overseer); unnamed native Chief; unnamed Chief's daughter; Rudolph "Rudy" Marchand (home office representative, death)

Synopsis: Armand and Bovant get together to discuss the soon to be unsettling visit of a man from the home office to inspect all plantations, and is well known as a gigolo (or love pirate). Armand warns Bovant that this man well go after Nanette as his next prize. He does and nearly succeeds when Armand informs Rudy of being invited to a native Chief's daughter's forthcoming marriage. When they arrive, Rudy falls for the Chief's daughter, the last woman he would try to win over.

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Crime Suspenstories #11 published May 1995
as A Fool and His Honey Are Soon Parted! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.