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CRIME SUSPENSTORIES No. 7 Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Description: EC (Indicia: "L.L. Publishing Co., Inc."). October-November, 1951. VG (4.0). A nice, flat, clean copy that would grade higher but for a ¾" tear above the bottom staple, with a protruding paper tag. light creases to top and bottom corners of front cover. Off-white pages. Johnny Graig cover. Plots and scripts by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein Johnny Craig script. Art by Johnny Craig Jack Kamen Jack Davis and Graham Ingels Nervous housewife kills her maid for no good reason in Johnny Craig's sweat-drenched "Hatchet-Killer!" Science and scripture are separated by inches (namely, the text feature, "Inches," is positioned between house ads for Weird Science and Picture Stories from the Bible). Finally, a human cannonball "balls" his wife on the midway in Graham Ingels's "Horror Under the Big-Top!" A limited edition of 100 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues are available. Over 200 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com or visit: https://www.pbagalleries.com/content/comics/. R. Crumb says, "I found [PBA's catalogue] so interesting that I am saving it for the texts that accompany the comics which were put up for auction. This is some of the best commentary I’ve yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books. I especially enjoyed the reviews of the post-war horror comics. Great. Priceless." Consignments welcome for PBA's Spring 2021 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 316869