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3June-July 1952
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Shock SuspenStories #3

EC · June-July 1952 · on sale 1952-03-25

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Identification plate

Series
Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
June-July 1952
Key date
1952-06-00
On-sale date
1952-03-25
Indicia publisher
Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Shock SuspenStoriescover1pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin
1Shock Talkforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Al Feldstein
2Just Desserts!comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenJimmy (Bernard's son, death); Cora (Bernard's wife, death); Irving (Bernard's best friend, death); Clorissa (Bernard's Aunt, death); Julius (Bernard's business partner, death); Fanny (a nurse, death); Fanny's unnamed boy friend); Joe (Julius' employee); Bernard (villain)
3The Guilty!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenSheriff Humphrey Dawson; Jed (Deputy Sheriff); Aubrey Collins (prisoner, death); Phil (Deputy Sheriff); Frederick Moore (District Attorney); Al; Lowell Anderson (laywer); Hank Barker (villain)
4Doctext story1script: Al Feldsteinunnamed doctor (death); Manny (villain, death); unnamed Chief (villain)
5Jump-Off!text story1script: Al Feldsteinunnamed Policeman; Ben Troy (villain)
6The Big Stand-Up!comic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenBart Thompson (TV engineer); Jack (TV sound engineer); Lara
7Stumped!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenHenri Petite (a trapper, death); Marcel Duvall (Henri's fellow trapper); Jaques Soubret (villain, a trapper, death)

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