Crime SuspenStories #5 (1951) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig	John Golden; Harry Marks
1	The Sewer!	comic story	8	script: Johnny Craig; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Jim Wroten	John Golden (party host, matinee idol, death); Irene Golden (party host, John's wife); unnamed Police Sergeant; Harry Marks (villain, John's Business Manager, death)
2	Mr. Biddy... Killer!	comic story	7	script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Jim Wroten	Sidney Brackman (Assistant D.A., narrator); Emily Chester (Archie's wife, death, in flashback); Mr. Biddy (make-believe villain, in flashback); Archie Chester (villain)
3	Smart!	text story	2	script: Albert B. Feldstein	Bernie (villain, Hal's partner, death); Hal Blake (villain, death)
4	Idol	text story	1	script: Albert B. Feldstein	unnamed native guard (death); Atkins (villain, death)
5	The Gullible One	comic story	6	script: Bill Gaines, Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; letters: Jim Wroten	Fred Vanderhoff (death); Mr. Vanderhoff (Fred's father); Jeeves (Vanderhoff's servant); Group of hunters [Sy Dawson; Joe King (villain); Jerry Latch; Hal Allenby (death)]
6	Partially Dissolved!	comic story	7	script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; letters: Jim Wroten	The Old Witch (host); Ventar the Great (magician, death); Molto (villain, Ventar's assistant, death)

Collection	Year
Tales from the Crypt #5	1991	On eBay ›
Crime Suspenstories #5	1993	On eBay ›
EC Archives: Crime SuspenStories #1	2007	On eBay ›
The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics #[nn] ISBN 9780762433940	2008	On eBay ›
Forty Whacks and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-60699-862-5	2015	On eBay ›
Crime Suspenstories #1	1983	On eBay ›
The Living Mummy and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-60699-929-5	2016	On eBay ›
Voodoo Vengeance and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-60699-965-3	2016	On eBay ›
Doctor of Horror and Other Stories ISBN 9781683961383	2018	On eBay ›

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