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Shock Illustrated (1955) 2 CGC 6.5

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    Shock Illustrated (1955) #2 CGC 6.5
    Published Feb 1956 by EC.

    Shock Illustrated (1955) 2 CGC 6.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4378731001

    Starts Jul 6

    Painted cover by Rudy Nappi. Stories by Daniel Keyes, Jack Oleck, and Al Feldstein. Art by Reed Crandall, George Evans, Al Williamson, and Graham Ingels. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring crime tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. Cops capture "The Lipstick Killer" after a murder spree, and psychoanalysis reveals his accidental first murder when he was a toddler. A macabre bet between two med-school students leads to a man being buried alive, but the truth is worse still. A sheriff seeks the truth about a woman's death. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. The Lipstick Killer; My Brothers Keeper; A Question of Time; Dead Right. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25. Grade: CGC 6.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)