Shock Illustrated (1955) comic books
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Auction opens July 6
- Paper: Off white
- Label #4378731006
Painted cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Daniel Keyes and Robert Bernstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring slice-of-life tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. This first issue focused on psychology-themed stories, similar to EC's 1955 comic Psychoanalysis. A key-swapping party for bored suburbanites results in a temporary split in Beth and Jim's marriage, and a trip to the psychiatrist. Teenage dope addict Peggy sees a psychiatrist after her life falls apart and she's jailed on multiple charges. A teen becomes a leather-jacked juvenile delinquent and murders a stranger with a switchblade, encompassing many of the fears of middle-class America of the 1950s. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. The Needle; Switch Party; The Jacket. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #2
Auction opens July 6- Paper: Off white
- Label #4378731001
$135.00
View scan- 7" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Cover oxidation. Staples added (not manufacturing).
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
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.
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Issue #3
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Painted cover by Rudy Nappi. Stories by Al Feldstein, John Larner, Kris Daniels, and Jack Oleck. Art by Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, and George Evans. 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. This issue's print run was mostly destroyed due to EC budget shortfalls, with only 100-200 copies surviving, making this perhaps the rarest EC publication. Henrietta comes up with a theory of a neighbor's murder that is so plausible, it's deadly. A reporter makes a foolhardy bet with police to spend the night in a wax museum while a homicidal maniac is on the loose. Laura's dissipated life is so miserable she finally sees a psychiatrist. Curiosity Killed; The Demon; Sin Doll; One Mans Meat. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W with single-color accents.
