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10August-September 1953
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Shock SuspenStories #10

EC · August-September 1953 · on sale 1953-06-05

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Identification plate

Series
Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#10
Publication date
August-September 1953
Key date
1953-08-00
On-sale date
1953-06-05
Indicia publisher
Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Shock SuspenStoriescover1pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin
1If You Haven’t Been Able to Find 'Mad' on Your Local Newsstand...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
2The Sacrificecomic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenJonathan Fielding (death); Paul Nichols (villain, witness to Jonathan's murder, blackmailer); Gloria Fielding (villain, Jonathan's wife); James Reed (villain, insurance salesman, death)
3...so shall ye reap!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenMurray Vorhees; Wilma Vorhees; Kenneth Vorhees (villain, the Vorhee's son, death); Hicky (villain, gang member)
4Operation!text story1script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severinunnamed anesthesiologist; unnamed Chief Surgeon; unnamed Generalissimo (villain, death); unnamed members of the Secret Police (villains)
5Shock Talkletters page1letters: typeset
6Home Run!comic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenDoctor Muller (atomic scientist, absorbed into a Martian); Doctor Caxton (Muller's supervisor); a Martian (villain)
7Sweetie-Piecomic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenPhilip Garson (reporter for the Consolidated Press Service, death); Sally Garson (Philip's wife, death); unnamed editor of the Consolidated Press Service; O'Hara (State Patrol officer); Eddie (Consolidated Press reporter); a Ghoul (villain)

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Shock Suspenstories #101994On eBay ›
Came the Dawn and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-546-4		2012On eBay ›
Judgment Day and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-727-7		2014On eBay ›
The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-908-0		2016On eBay ›
Shock Suspenstories #21981On eBay ›
Three for the Money and Other Stories
ISBN 9781683964360		2021On eBay ›
The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories #2
ISBN 9781506721194		2022On eBay ›

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