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Cover: Al Feldstein
E.C. Classic Reprint #3
“Deadline”
writer Al Feldstein · colorist Marie Severin · letterer Jim Wroten · artist, inker Wally Wood · cover Al Feldstein
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Full credits
writer Al Feldstein
colorist Marie Severin
letterer Jim Wroten
artist, inker Wally Wood
cover pencils, inks Al Feldstein
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A hotel clerk steals $100,000 from a diamond merchant and then rents a safety deposit box years in advance under the name 'Brad Gilbert'. He serves 15 years for the theft, then meets with the girl who promised to wait for him because she wants the money. Unable to remember the name he used, the girl berates his inability to recall the name, and he slashes her face with a steak knife. As the police close in on him, he jumps off a roof, clutching at letters of a sign, and, as he lies dying on the pavement, he sees the remaining neon letters spell out 'Brad Gilbert'.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).