Crime SuspenStories #16
"Rendezvous!" is a gripping tale from Crime SuspenStories #16 (1953), written by Al Feldstein, where a quiet life in Tranquility is upended by the arrival of a mysterious stranger on a white horse. As the town’s longtime mayor and blacksmith, John Whitman, repairs a gun with silver scorpion engravings, he realizes too late that he’s just armed the legendary outlaw known as The Scorpion. The story’s tension builds from a single, fateful repair—Johnny Craig’s striking cover, with its stark contrast of black and white, perfectly captures the moment’s ominous weight.
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When World War II ends, Eddie was upset because government contracts for his machine shop would end. However the Army awards his firm another government contract for the special fuse casings he had produced during the war for atomic bombs. On a trip to Los Angeles, Eddie meets a new girl, one that his wife Louise finds out about, and Eddie must find a way to eliminate his wife. He kills her and buries her body out in the desert. The problem is a prospector, using a Geiger-counter looking for Uranium, finds her corpse because of her radium watch.
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