Crime SuspenStories #3 Values

Title: The Giggling Killer

Characters: John Hewlett (death); Mrs. Hewlett (death); Tom (hotel clerk); Mrs. Loman (Lester's wife, death); Lester Loman (villain, death); The Giggling Killer (villain, hitch hiker)

Synopsis: With the newspapers reporting the deaths of people at the hands of "The Giggling Killer", poor Lester, nagged to death by his wife, plans to see if he in some way can establish an alibi and then kill his wife in the style of the killer. This he successfully does........and then he runs into a hitch hiker.......

Pages: 7.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Harvey Kurtzman

Inks: Harvey Kurtzman

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: Vaguely influenced by Chicago's "Stop me before I kill more" lipstick killings attributed to William Heirens. Charles Einstein wrote a novel called "The Bloody Spur" about Heirens, and the novel was later adapted into the film "While the City Sleeps" by Fritz Lang. Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Title: Getaway

Characters: unnamed Policemen (one bank guard dies); bank robber (villain, death)

Synopsis: Having successfully robbed a bank and killing the guard, the robber decides to take a chance and leisurely make his getaway, hoping that the Police would not notice him. As his car climbs high into the moutains, he spots a road block and desperately looks for a way to escape, not realizing the Police were stopping cars from going further on due to a landslide.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Al Feldstein

Pencils: ? (spot illustration)

Inks: ? (spot illustration)

Letters: typeset

Title: Loot!

Characters: Professor Kraal (death); robber (villain)

Synopsis: A robber decides to break into the fancy home of a noted Professor, kill him so there would be no witness to the crime, then take the loot and scram. Too bad he fails to read the suicide note the Professor had written to the Police, notifying them that he had taken his life due to the fact that he had contracted the Pneumonic Plague!

Pages: 1.000

Script: Al Feldstein

Pencils: ? (spot illustration)

Inks: ? (spot illustration)

Letters: typeset

Title: Faced With Horror!

Characters: Sam (bank teller, death); unnamed doctor (death); Willie Cooper (villain, robber, death); Sam Brogen (villain, gunman)

Synopsis: Sam and Willie hold up a bank and shoot a teller in the process. Unfortunately for them, an employee photographed them while making their escape, and Brogen was identified. He decides to have plastic surgery to make him look like a different person, but what he gets is far from what he desired.

Pages: 6.000

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

Pencils: Wally Wood [as Woody] (signed)

Inks: Wally Wood [as Woody] (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Script revision and letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Title: Blood Red Wine!

Characters: The Old Witch (host); Ramon (wine connoisseur, death); Pietro Ballo (villain, vintner, death)

Synopsis: Old Ballo, whose wine business had been ruined by a review made by a wine connoisseur, decides to invite the man to his home and do away with him.

Pages: 7.000

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

Pencils: Graham Ingels

Inks: Graham Ingels

Letters: Jim Wroten

Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Cover story. Script revision and letterer credit by Craig Delich.