Shock SuspenStories #18 Gaines File Pedigree 2/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $3,360.00

Sold: Jun 29, 2025

Shock SuspenStories #18 Values

Publisher: EC, 1954

About Shock SuspenStories #18

Last issue of the title. George Evans cover. Story art by Evans, Jack Kamen, Bernie Krigstein, and Reed Crandall.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: George Evans [as G Evans] (signed)

Inks: George Evans [as G Evans] (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Cadillac Fever!

Characters: Clyde Wilkes (death); Mrs. Wilkes (death); Mr. Evans; Jeb Wyler; Sheriff Hoyt; Ruthie (villain, Wilke's daughter)

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: George Evans (signed)

Inks: George Evans (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Title: The Trap

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.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: Jack Kamen

Inks: Jack Kamen

Letters: Jim Wroten

Title: In the Bag

Characters: McLeod (Policeman); Sullivan (Policeman); Berger (Policeman); innocent man (death); maniac (villain)

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 in not the maniac (who was already captured), but an innocent man carrying a bowling ball!

Pages: 6.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)

Inks: Bernie Krigstein [as B. Krigstein] (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

Title: Rundown

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)

Inks: Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)

Letters: Jim Wroten

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	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	0	0	0	1	8	8	11	9	14	6	6	7	9	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	99
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	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	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	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	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Total	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	8	8	12	11	15	6	6	7	10	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	106

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