Dates
- Cover date
- June-July 1951
- On sale
- February 21, 1951
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Sewer! · Crime SuspenStories · 8 pages
At a party thrown by the Goldens, Harry and Irene concoct a scheme to kill John, dump him in a sewer, and then be together for all time. However, the foul deed, once done, turns Irene's stomach and she ditches Harry. But Harry has another plan in mind what to do to cover his tracks when he discovers she has gone to the police.
- Mr. Biddy... Killer! · Crime SuspenStories · 7 pages
Really fed up with his wife, Archie ponders what to do.....until he meets a Mr. Biddy, who offers to kill his wife for Archie. But things are not what they seem once the foul deed is done.
- Smart! · 2 pages
Hal decided that splitting the take from a recent bank-job was no longer an option with his partner, so he rigged an elaborate way to kill his partner and keep the swag. What he didn't realize was that his partner had been thinking along the same lines.
- Idol · 1 pages
Atkins murders a native guard, then makes his way into a temple in order to steal the famed Fang Ruby of the Snake Idol........a gem that carried a curse of immediate death to anyone trying to steal it. As he pried the fang-shaped ruby from the carved serpent's mouth, he discovered why the curse existed.......but it was the last thing he remembered.
- The Gullible One · Crime SuspenStories · 6 pages
Fred Vanderhoff invited a group of his hunter friends to his mountain retreat to do some hunting, but the next morning they discovered that a heavy snow had fallen overnight, trapping them in their retreat for at least two weeks. When their host was killed the next day, the others made their way to the police, each suspecting another of the crime. When all were invited by Fred's father to the Vanderhoff mansion, the old man had a test to prove who the guilty party was.
- Partially Dissolved! · The Haunt of Fear · 7 pages
Crowds flock to the theater to see Ventar, acclaimed as good a magician as the late Houdini or Thurston. The magician later reveals to his longtime assistant a new metal he created that dissolves in water, thus allowing him to do a variety of seemingly dangerous illusions. But the assistant double-crosses his master and later assumes the role of master illusionist....until Ventar returns from the grave for justice.
Reprinted in
Crime Suspenstories (1983), Tales from the Crypt (1990), Crime Suspenstories (1992), EC Archives: Crime SuspenStories (2007), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (2012), The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics (2008)