CRIME SUSPENSTORIES #4 * CGC 3.5 Green Label * Freak

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Title: CRIME SUSPENSTORIES No. 4
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Publisher:EC [Indicia: L.L. Publishing Co., Inc.]
Date Published: April-May, 1951
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CGC certified: VG- (3.5). Green Label (Qualified). Centerfold missing, affects story, tape on front cover. Off-white pages. Cover: Johnny Craig. Plots/Scripts: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig. Art: J. Craig, Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, Graham Ingels. GPAnalysis: No recorded sales of Green Label copies. A Blue Label 3.0 sold for $230 in June 2020.

Freak Show of Fear: Johnny Craig's carny-horror cover, and the Graham Ingels story that it illustrates, aren't for the squeamish. "Johnny Craig makes up for his least-appealing cover... [featuring] nauseating subject matter he obviously feels uncomfortable with — by turning in a terrific splash for [lead story] 'Backlash!'.... 'Head's-Up!' finds Graham Ingels at the carnival, feeling at home; a predictable the-worm-turns tale, that is bleak and unpleasant, even for EC." — Max Allan Collins, The Complete Crime SuspenStories Vol. 1. Russ Cochran: 1983.

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