Crime SuspenStorties

Crime Suspense Stories (note: the I am intentionally misspelling Crime SuspenStories because most people would be looking for Crime Suspense Stories and Crime Suspence Stories. My favorite misspelling.). Crime Suspense Stories is one of those titles that is steeped in comic book history. If it were not for Crime Suspense Stories and other EC comics the Comic Code Authority might not have come into existence. The Comic Code Authority came into existence in 1954 when Fredric Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent blamed comic books for the juvenile delinquency problems of the day (it could not be computer games back then). The Comic Code Authority was the Comic industry's way of censoring itself and taking away EC's livelihood. The only EC comic to survive the Comic Code Authority was Mad, which was converted to a magazine format, so that it would not be bound by the Comic Code Authority at all. Can you believe that Crime Suspense Stories was the topic for discussion in the halls of Congress? Anyway, if you are wondering why the Comic Code Authority came into being look at the covers of Crime Suspense Stories and see what all the fuss was about.

Crime SuspensStories begins with Crime Suspense Stories #1 in October of 1950 and ends with Crime Suspense Stories #27 in March of 1955.

Click on # or thumbnail to see 50% scan	Condition	Description	Price	Click on # or thumbnail to see 50% scan	Condition	Description	Price
10 April 1952	Very Good (VG)	"..Rocks in His Head!" "Lady Killer" "Missed by Two Heirs!"	$60	11 June 1952	Good (GD)	"Stiff Punishment!" "One Man's Poison!" "Two for One."	$23
12 Aug 1952	Fine (FN)	"The Execution!" "Murder the Lover" "Snooze to Me"	$65	13 Oct 1952	Sold	"Hear No Evil." "First Impulse." "Second Chance?"	$25
14 Dec 1952	Fine (FN)	"Sweet Dreams!" "The Perfect Place!" "The Electric Chair!"	$65	16 April 1953	Sold	"Rendezvous." "Come Clean." "Who's Next?"	$50
17 June 1953	Sold	"Touch and Go!" by Ray Bradbury "One For the Money!" "Two For the Show!"	$65	18 Aug 1953	Sold	"Fall Guy for Murder." "Juice for the Record!" "Frozen Assets!"	$35
19 Oct 1953	Sold	"The Killer" "Murder Mat Boomerang!" "Wined-Up!"	$55	20 Dec 1953	Sold	"Fire Trap." "The Welchers." "Double Jeopardy."	$50

These titles are very punny (okay, so I used one too). They would be lame, if they were not about such gruesome stories.

March 1954

Sold

"Mother's Day"

"In the Groove!"

"Understudies."

$40

May 1954

Sold

"In Each and Every Package."

"Monotony."

"Cinder Block."

$60

Sept 1954

Sold

"Double-Crossed"

"Crushed Ice!"

"Food for Thought."

$50

Nov 1954

Fine (FN)

"Three For the Money."

"Dog Food."

"Key Chain."

$50

March 1955

Very Good (VG)

"Maniac at Large."

"Where there's Smoke."

"Just Her Speed."

$28

If the comic's condition is listed as SOLD or RESERVED it is no longer available. If the condition is listed as NM, VF, FN, VG, GD, or FR it should be available.NOTE:When a comic is sold it is not removed from the web, it's condition is just marked as Sold.