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Issue: Shock SuspenStories #18
Publication Date: December 1954
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Issues: #18 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: 10/15/1954
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 is publication date in Library of Congress copyright record (registered in 1980).
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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
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Gaines File Copy CGC NM 9.4
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #18 published December 1996
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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Cadillac Fever!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Clyde Wilkes (death); Mrs. Wilkes (death); Mr. Evans; Jeb Wyler; Sheriff Hoyt; Ruthie (villain, Wilke's daughter)
First Line: Ah kin tell ye all about it now.
Synopsis: A poor girl knows her father will never be able to afford to buy a Cadillac, so she murders her mother and swears in court that the father did it, so after he is executed he gets his long sought after ride in a Cadillac hearse.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1994 published January 1994
as Cadillac feber! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #18 published December 1996
as Cadillac Fever! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Matt Hall (death); Mrs. Brady (cameo); unnamed Policeman; Police Chief McLain; Mrs. Vincent; Irene Hall (villain, Matt's wife); Larry Grover (villain, funeral director)
First Line: There was greyness that blanketed everything that drizzly morning...
Synopsis: A husband is betrayed by his wife and funeral director when they plot to commit fraud to collect on his life insurance policy for his own murder. They plan to make him appear to be the victim of a mugging and then disappear in South America for a year. When his wife doesn't show with the money, he returns and they have him arrested and he ends up hanging for his own murder.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #7/1990 published January 1990
as Fella! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #18 published December 1996
as The Trap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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A Special Editorial

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: THE PROBLEM: Comics are under fire... horror and crime comics particularly.
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #18 published December 1996
as A Special Editorial [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The editors of Shock Suspense try and make the case that their comics, which are under fire by certain do-gooders, do not have a bad influence on young readers, and cite many professionals that agree. Readers are asked to write letters to the Senate Sub-Committee on Juvenile Delinquency that is holding hearings on the matter and make their feelings known.
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Blowhard

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): unnamed bank manager; unnamed bank guard; unnamed bank robber (villain)
First Line: The tall man in the frazzled coat shambled almost absent-mindedly into the bank...
Synopsis: A man in a frazzled coat walks into a bank and announces a robbery, stating that unless he gets money quickly, he will detonate a bomb in his briefcase. The bank manager laughs it off, thinking it is the oldest gag in the world, and the bank guard points a pistol at the thief and demands the bag. The thief drops the bag and runs out the door. A few seconds later, the bomb goes off.
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #18 published December 1996
as Blowhard [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
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In the Bag

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): McLeod (Policeman); Sullivan (Policeman); Berger (Policeman); innocent man (death); maniac (villain)
First Line: The name's McLoed...
Synopsis: Policeman McLeod notices a wild-eyed man carrying a bag with a suspicious rusty red stain on the bottom, and from the man's story, he believes that the bag contains the head of his boss. He chases after him and a city-wide manhunt begins. Soon, McLeod spots a man carrying a bag and shoots and kills him, only to discover that the dead man is not the maniac (who was already captured), but an innocent man carrying a bowling ball!
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In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #18 published December 1996
as In The Bag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagB. Krigstein Comics #[nn] published July 2004
as In The Bag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMessages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein #[nn] published April 2013
as In The Bag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Rundown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mr. Farrell (gambler, death); George (casino dealer); Joe Harris (villain, killer, death); Marsha Harris (villain, Joe's wife); Wally (villain, Marsha's lover)
First Line: It is one of those damp raw nights...
Synopsis: A man commits murder attempting to acquire enough money to win back his wife's affections. He doesn't know that she and her lover have already made a plot to run him down. When they manage to hit him with the car, they are pleased to find that his wallet is flush with cash.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1994 published January 1994
as Overkjørt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShock Suspenstories #18 published December 1996
as Rundown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Some of the story is told in flashback.

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