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Series: Crime SuspenStories

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Publisher: EC

Title: Crime SuspenStories
Issue: 21
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: February-March 1954
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Al Feldstein

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Crime Suspenstories #21
Owner: GradedKeyComics

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Crime SuspenStories
Pages:1
Pencils:Johnny Craig (signed)
Inks:Johnny Craig (signed)
Genre:crime


Story Title: Mother's Day - comic story
Features:Crime SuspenStories
Pages:8
Pencils:Reed Crandall (signed)
Inks:Reed Crandall (signed)
Colors:Marie Severin
Letters:Jim Wroten
Genre:crime
Characters:Donna Kingsley; Mr. Kingsley (Donna's husband); Fred Kingsley (Donna's son, death); Harold Kingsley (villain, Fred's brother, death)
Synopsis:Brothers Fred and Harold grew up with Harold given the best of everything, and Fred began to hate his brother. One day, Fred discovered that Harold had committed a theft and decided to take the rap for his brother and went to jail. Meanwhile, their mother, Donna, discovered that Harold had a gun and threatened to call the police. Harold struck her, paralyzing her from the neck down. After Harold was killed by the police, Fred was released from jail and returned to his mother to tell her the truth about Harold. When she didn't react, Fred killed himself.


Story Title: In the Groove - comic story
Features:Crime SuspenStories
Pages:6
Pencils:Jack Kamen [as Kamen] (signed)
Inks:Jack Kamen [as Kamen] (signed)
Colors:Marie Severin
Letters:Jim Wroten
Genre:crime
Characters:Rita Green (Garry's wife, death); Valeria Simms (Garry's love interest); Nick Saunders (radio engineer); Garry Green (villain, radio announcer)
Synopsis:A small-time radio announcer devises a plot to kill his wife, while he was broadcasting at the radio station. But he does not foresee a snag in those plans with the pre-recorded record he made and was playing over the airwaves.


Story Title: On Schedule! - text story
Pages:1
Pencils:? (spot illustration)
Inks:? (spot illustration)
Letters:typeset
Genre:crime
Characters:Sam (villain); Benny (villain); Lew (villain); The Brain (villain)
Synopsis:The Brain planned a robbery of the Second National Bank to be carried out by three thugs. The robbery went like clockwork and the three took the money on and went on the lam to hide out in the hills for four days. They planted dynamite in their getaway car that would destroy any evidence, while each of them toted certain provisions they would need to survive the four day. Unfortunately, the Brain failed to select one of them to carry the money, and the explosion blew up the money in the car.


Story Title: Understudies! - comic story
Features:Crime SuspenStories
Pages:7
Pencils:Johnny Craig (signed)
Inks:Johnny Craig (signed)
Colors:Marie Severin
Letters:Jim Wroten
Genre:crime
Characters:Myrtle Donaldson (Jim's wife, death); Mr. Williams (Gail's husband); Jim Donaldson (villain); Gail Williams (villain)
Synopsis:Gail and Jim are unhappily married to their respective spouses, but, in fact, love one another. They decide on a daring plan to kill their mates and dissolve their bodies in quicklime to leave no trace. Further, they have separate photos taken of themselves together in disguise to fool any suspicious person that might smell a rat. But both soon discovered that the other was quickly becoming like their deceased mates and aim to do something about it.


Story Title: Blood Brothers - comic story
Features:Crime SuspenStories
Pages:7
Pencils:George Evans (signed)
Inks:George Evans (signed)
Colors:Marie Severin
Letters:Jim Wroten
Genre:crime
Characters:Fred Richards (Alex's brother, death); Alex Richards (villain, death)
Synopsis:Alex arrives unannounced at the beach house of his brother who invites him to stick around and stay with him. Alex's intent is to kill his brother after putting into place a whole series of alibis. Unfortunately, blood-stained from the deed, Alex decides to take a dip in the ocean to wash his brother's blood off, not knowing the water was infested with sharks!


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