Crime SuspenStories #5
In "The Sewer!", a group of hunters trapped by a sudden blizzard at a remote mountain retreat must confront a murder that turns their isolation into a tense game of suspicion. With no way out and a killer among them, each man begins to fear the worst—until Fred Vanderhoff’s father calls them all to his mansion for a shocking test of guilt. Written by Bill Gaines and Albert B. Feldstein, with moody, detailed art by Jack Kamen and inks by the same, this gripping tale from EC’s Crime SuspenStories #5 (1951) delivers a chilling, character-driven mystery. The cover, by Johnny Craig, captures the story’s claustrophobic dread in sharp, expressive lines.
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Fred Vanderhoff invited a group of his hunter friends to his mountain retreat to do some hunting, but the next morning they discovered that a heavy snow had fallen overnight, trapping them in their retreat for at least two weeks. When their host was killed the next day, the others made their way to the police, each suspecting another of the crime. When all were invited by Fred's father to the Vanderhoff mansion, the old man had a test to prove who the guilty party was.
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