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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published August-September 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Albert B. Feldstein

Cover Details

Genre Horror
Pencils Jack Kamen
Inks Jack Kamen
Reprinted in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #10 (December 1994)

8 page Shock SuspenStories story "The Sacrifice"

Synopsis A woman manipulates a man into killing her husband by pretending to be in love with him. She and her lover work out a scheme whereby he claims to be a witness to the killing and blackmails the two of them into letting him sleep with the woman. She pretends to be disgusted by the indecent proposal but tells her dupe that it's the only way to avoid the electric chair and that when the man has slaked his lust, she'll be all his. She carries on this act, pretending to be progressively degraded and begging for salvation, until the dupe finally writes out a confession implicating only himself in the murder and swallows a bottle of poison. She then gleefully regales the dying man the details of the con.
Genre Crime
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Kamen
Inks Jack Kamen
Colors Marie Severin
Notes Crime SuspenStory
Reprinted in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #10 (December 1994)

7 page Shock SuspenStories story "...so shall ye reap!"

Synopsis A young man sitting in the electric chair reflects on the events of his youth while his parents sitting at home do the same. The parents see their past actions in a positive light but their son sees things from a different perspective.
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Wallace Wood
Inks Wallace Wood
Colors Marie Severin
Reprinted in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #10 (December 1994)

1 page text story "Operation!"

Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Marie Severin
Inks Marie Severin
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #10 (December 1994)

6 page Shock SuspenStories story "Home Run!"

Synopsis Astronauts are approaching Mars when one of their number admits to them that he is really a Martian who designed the rocket in order to return home after his crashed. The other astronauts think he has lost his mind and attempt to seize his gun which discharges, killing him. They land on Mars and notice that the body has regained its true form and realize the creature was telling them the truth and that hostile Martians are now waiting outside to absorb their bodies and return to Earth as Martian infiltrators.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Colors Marie Severin
Notes Science Fiction SuspenStory.
Reprinted in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #10 (December 1994)

7 page Shock SuspenStories story "Sweetie-Pie"

Synopsis A ghoul sets up roadside hazards to procure fresh meat.
Genre Horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall
Colors Marie Severin
Notes Horror SuspenStory
Reprinted in Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone, 1994 series) #10 (December 1994)