Crime SuspenStories #7 Gaines File Copy Pedigree 4/12 (EC, 1951) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....

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Crime SuspenStories #7 Values

Publisher: EC, 1951

About Crime SuspenStories #7

Johnny Craig cover. Story art by Craig, Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, and Graham Ingels.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Mrs. North

Pencils: Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks: Johnny Craig (signed)

Colors: Marie Severin

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Script, colorist and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Hatchet-Killer!

Characters: Tom North; Tom's wife; Hilda (the North's part-time maid, death)

Synopsis: Concerned about the number of hatchet murders in the community, Mrs. North begins to believe that her part-time maid may indeed be the culprit, and circumstances around the house seem to verify her conclusion. Later, scared to death, she murders the maid when suddenly her husband enters the home and tells her that the real killer had been caught hours before.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Johnny Craig (signed)

Pencils: Johnny Craig (signed)

Inks: Johnny Craig (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Cover story.

Title: Revenge!

Characters: William Aikley [aka Willie] (Texas oilman); Carlson (employee of Mr. Aikley); unnamed District Attorney (cameo); Aikley's servants (cameos); Lila Aikley (villain, Willie's wife); Phil Keenan (villain, death)

Synopsis: Lila was desperate for money and married a Texas millionaire oilman to get it. But when she met Phil, one of the workers at the oil wells, the two conspired to kill Lila's husband in an auto accident. The accident only paralyzed Mr. Aikley, however, but Phil threatened to blackmail Lila, and if she didn't come forth with money, he would tell the district attorney all about the accident.

Pages: 7.000

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

Pencils: Jack Kamen (signed)

Inks: Jack Kamen (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

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

Title: Inches

Characters: unnamed scientist (death); Mulrain (lab assistant); Bennett (lab assistant)

Synopsis: A scientist begins an experiment with the arsenic derivative called "arsene" and purposely allows a drop of it on his hand, knowing well the compound would cause full paralysis. When his lab assistants found him, they believed him dead.....and, yet, the antidote which would save him was nearby, and, believing their boss dead, they did not administer it.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Al Feldstein

Pencils: ? (masthead illustration)

Inks: ? (masthead illustration)

Letters: typeset

Title: Phonies

Characters: Baker's girlfriend; Frank Shantly (villain, thief); "Leech" Baker [as Ed Adellis] (villain)

Synopsis: Faced with funds running out from his last safe-cracking job, Frank Shantly poured over a newspaper and eyed a story about a wealthy gambler having to go to Washington D.C. to testify before the Senate Committee. Immediately, he thinks that this is a neat set-up for another big payoff, but is confronted by a man claiming to be Adellis the minute he steps into the house. Convinced no one can break into his safe, "Adellis" bets Shantly $1000 and his freedom that the crook can't get into the safe. Shantly wins the bet, but doesn't realize he has unwittingly helped the Feds round up a real crook!

Pages: 6.000

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

Pencils: Jack Davis (signed)

Inks: Jack Davis (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

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

Title: Horror under the Big-Top!

Characters: The Old Witch (host); Carlo (circus human cannonball, death); unnamed ringmaster; Aldar (villain, circus trapeze artist, death); Wanda (villain, Carlo's wife, death)

Synopsis: Wanda is having an affair with "The Flying Aldar", famed circus performer. But when her husband suspects, the two plan to kill him by changing the angle of the cannon her husband will be fired from so he misses the safety net. Unfortunately, the body of Carlo hits his wife outside the tent, killing her. Justice is later served when Aldar attempts to do his act without a safety net, not knowing the late Carlo had cut his trapeze rope the night before!

Pages: 7.000

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

Pencils: Graham Ingels [as G. Ingles] (signed)

Inks: Graham Ingels [as G. Ingles] (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

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

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	2	3	8	5	4	7	8	3	6	3	6	4	3	3	1	2	2	5	3	0	0	79
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	0	1	2	3	8	5	5	7	9	3	6	3	6	5	4	3	1	2	2	5	3	0	0	83

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