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Shock SuspenStories#9
Cover: Albert B. Feldstein

Shock SuspenStories #9

Jun 1953 · EC · 0.10 USD
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In "The October Game," a man bound to a corpse by handcuffs fights to survive the merciless desert, where desperation forces him to confront a horrifying choice: sever his own hand to escape, or face a slow, gruesome end. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with stark, haunting art by Reed Crandall and bold inks by the same, this chilling tale from EC’s Shock SuspenStories #9 (1953) delivers a pulse-pounding descent into psychological terror. The cover, a striking piece by Albert B. Feldstein, captures the story’s grim intensity.

Contains 4 stories
The October Game
8 pp · Horror-Suspense
Louise Wilder (Mitch's wife)Marion Wilder (Louise and Mitch's daughter, death)HelenMitch Wilder (villain)
Came The Dawn!
7 pp · Crime
Cathy Maxwell (death)Bob Amesun-named criminally insane girl (villain)
The Meddlers!
6 pp · Crime
Dr. Conrad Rivers (research chemist, death)Mr. Kearns (groery store owner, death)the widow Jones (death)Jed (death)Enos (death)Martha (death)
Carrion Death!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
unnamed State Trooper (death)unnamed bank robber (villain, death)

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $129
CGC 9.8 · 5 in census $8,338
CGC 9.6 · 2 in census $4,470
CGC 9.4 · 4 in census $2,220
CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $1,640
CGC 9.0 · 5 in census $1,099
CGC 8.5 · 6 in census $744
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CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $616
CGC 7.5 · 6 in census $530
CGC 7.0 · 10 in census $457
CGC 6.5 · 14 in census $202
CGC 6.0 · 16 in census $169
CGC 5.5 · 9 in census $145
CGC 5.0 · 16 in census $119
CGC 4.5 · 14 in census $97
CGC 4.0 · 5 in census $89
CGC 3.5 · 9 in census $82
CGC 3.0 · 6 in census $74
CGC 2.5 · 8 in census $66
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $49
CGC 1.5 · 4 in census $38
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 2 in census $22
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Full credits

artist, inker Reed Crandall
colorist Marie Severin
letterer Jim Wroten
cover pencils, inks Albert B. Feldstein

Reprints

Reprinted in EC Horror Library of the 1950's #[nn] (1970), Der beste Horror aller Zeiten #[nn] (1973), Nacht der vampiers #[nn] (1973), Den store skrækbog #[nn] (1974), EC Portfolio #5 (1974), Horreur - une anthologie en bandes dessinées #[nn] (1974), Shock Suspenstories #2 (1981), Les Meilleures Histoires de... #[3] (1983), Monsieur Sourire #[nn] (1985), Gysertimen #1 (1987), Iskalde Grøss #3/1989 (1989), Iskalde Grøss #4/1992 (1992), Iskalde Grøss #5/1993 (1993), Iskalde Grøss #3/1994 (1994), Shock Suspenstories #9 (1994), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #2 (2012), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #9 (2014), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #15 (2016), Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics #[nn] (2019), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #31 (2021), The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories #2 (2022), Home to Stay! The Complete EC Ray Bradbury Stories #[nn] (2023), Verta ja väristyksiä #[nn] (2023), Artisan Edition #[16] (2024) + 1 more

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