Shock Suspenstories (1952) 18
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Issue #18
Auction opens July 6- Paper: Off white
- Label #4376861005
- Paper: White
- Label #4419124005
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Final issue of the series. Cover art by George Evans. Cadillac Fever, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; 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. The Trap, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; 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. A Special Editorial text article by Albert B. Feldstein. Blowhard text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. In The Bag, script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; A cop kills a man with a bowling ball in a bag thinking it's a head. Rundown, script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; A man commits murder attempting to acquire enough money to win back his wife's affections. One-page editorial about the attacks upon comics and the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency's investigation into the comic book industry. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
