Shock SuspenStories#17

Cover: George Evans

Shock SuspenStories #17

Oct 1954 · EC · 0.10 USD

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"4-Sided Triangle" in Shock SuspenStories #17 (1954) delivers a chilling tale of greed and deception, where a diamond-smuggling surgeon manipulates his two accomplices into killing each other—only to discover too late that the prize he coveted was nothing but paste. Written by Al Feldstein and illustrated with tense precision by Joe Orlando, with coloring by Marie Severin and lettering by Jim Wroten, the story unfolds with a cold, clinical dread. The cover, by George Evans, captures the story’s grim intrigue in stark, shadowed lines.

Contains 4 stories

4-Sided Triangle

8 pp · Horror-Suspense

Abner Hester (farmer, death)Hester Yates (Abner's wife)Annie (retarded servant of the Hesters)

In Character

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

Lawrence B. Maynor (President of Magnus Pictures, death)Don Muller (Bela's agent, death)Marcel Duvall (make-up man, death)Sidney Chase (Treasurer of Magnus Pictures, death)Bela Kardiff (villain, actor)

The Assassin

6 pp · Crime

unnamed actor (death)unnamed assassin (villain)

The Operation

7 pp · Crime

Allie (villain, smuggler, death)Bimmy (villain, smuggler, death)Doc Slater (villain, doctor, death)

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Raw (Good) $56

CGC 9.6 · 3 in census $3,591

CGC 9.4 · 3 in census $1,783

CGC 9.2 · 3 in census $1,317

CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $883

CGC 8.5 none in existence

CGC 8.0 · 5 in census $494

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CGC 7.5 · 5 in census $426

CGC 7.0 · 5 in census $367

CGC 6.5 · 12 in census $295

CGC 6.0 · 6 in census $247

CGC 5.5 · 13 in census $212

CGC 5.0 · 12 in census $173

CGC 4.5 · 17 in census $142

CGC 4.0 · 9 in census $130

CGC 3.5 · 20 in census $120

CGC 3.0 · 9 in census $107

CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $96

CGC 2.0 · 5 in census $72

CGC 1.5 none in existence

CGC 1.0 · 2 in census $43

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Full credits

writer Al Feldstein

artist, inker Joe Orlando

colorist Marie Severin

letterer Jim Wroten

cover pencils, inks George Evans

Reprints

Reprinted in EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn] (1970), Shock Suspenstories #3 (1981), Gysertimen #3 (1987), Iskalde Grøss #7/1990 (1990), Iskalde Grøss #4/1993 (1993), Iskalde Grøss #5/1993 (1993), Iskalde Grøss #1/1994 (1994), Shock Suspenstories #17 (1996), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #11 (2014), The EC Archives: Shock SuspenStories #3 (2015), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #19 (2017), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #31 (2021), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #35 (2024)

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