CRIME SUSPENSTORIES #4 * CGC 5.0 * Freak Show of Fear

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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
Description: CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Off-white pages. Grader notes: Light bends to cover; light cover tanning; light creasing to cover; light readers crease front cover; light staining to cover.

CGC Census: 80 graded copies (75 Universal, 2 Qualified, 3 Restored).

GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $526 in 2/24.

Credits: Cover: Johnny Craig. Scripts: Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, and Bill Gaines. Art: Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, Graham Ingels. 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, Crime SuspenStories Vol. 1. Russ Cochran: 1983.______________________________________________________________

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