The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #14
"Contract For Death" is a chilling tale from the EC Artists' Library series, showcasing Al Feldstein’s sharp storytelling and Jack Kamen’s masterful art—both inks and pencils—delivering a tense, twist-laden narrative that unfolds with cold precision. The story follows Ralph, whose plan to eliminate his wife goes horribly awry when he returns to find her already dead, and the woman he conspired with lies dying in his arms. Cover by Jack Kamen captures the story’s grim atmosphere with stark, haunting detail.
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Ralph and Jeanne conspire to kill Ralph's wife who refuses to give him a divorce. After making sure he has an air-tight alibi, Ralph sneaks back to his home to shoot his wife, but she is not there. He sits down to wait on her, remembering back to when he first met Jeanne. When Mildred finally comes back, he kills her then races back to Jeanne's apartment. He enters and discovers Jeanne shot and dying; Mildred had killed her to get even with Ralph and what he was doing! Later, on death row, he sits, waiting to die....but charged with killing Jeanne!
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