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6December 1952 - January 1953
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Shock SuspenStories #6

EC · December 1952 - January 1953 · on sale 1952-09-25

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Identification plate

Series
Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
December 1952 - January 1953
Key date
1952-12-00
On-sale date
1952-09-25
Indicia publisher
Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
Price
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Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Shock SuspenStoriescover1pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie SeverinSuzy Carson
1Dead Right!comic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenMadame Vorna (fortune teller); J. Flag Marson (prison warden, mention only); Mr. Clayton (Cathy's boss); Cathy Finch Marno (office clerk, waitress, death); Charles Marno (villain, Cathy's husband, death)
2Under Cover!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenSuzy Carson (death); Ed Fenton (newspaper editor); Sam Masters (newspaperman, death); Grand Master of the Black Vigilante Society (villain); two unnamed phony FBI agents (villains); unnamed Society members (villains)
3The Bend!text story1script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; colors: Marie Severin"Busher" Benton (villain, eventual death); five Apache Indians (villains)
4-letters page1letters: typeset
5Not So Tough!comic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenLieutenant Robert Arden (Astro-Navigator, later Rocket-Man 3rd Class, death); Sergeant Coogan (ship crewman, death); Seeley (crewman, death); Vice-Commander Philip Forbes (death); Commander Horace Bergman (villain, death)
6Sugar 'N Spice 'N...comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenJohnny (Margaret's brother, death); Margaret (Johnny's sister, death); a witch [aka The Crab] (villain)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Shock SuspenStories Annual #21994On eBay ›
EC Archives: Shock SuspenStories #12006On eBay ›
Shock Suspenstories #61993On eBay ›
EC Sampler - Free Comic Book Day #[nn]2008On eBay ›
Came the Dawn and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-546-4		2012On eBay ›
E.C. Classic Reprint #81974On eBay ›
Shock SuspenStories1985On eBay ›
Sucker Bait and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-689-8		2014On eBay ›
Forty Whacks and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-862-5		2015On eBay ›

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