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Nickel Library CRIME SUSPENSTORIES No. 28 (?) Original Cover Art Author: [Original Comic Art] Kinney, Jay Place: Publisher: Date: 1972-1973 Description: Ink and Zip-a-Tone on bristol board with photostat logo pasteover, measuring 16x22" (including margins), signed "Kinney '55," with protective vellum paper sheet hinged at top of board with artist's tape, Excellent condition, image area unblemished, tiny bump to bottom right corner, a few fox marks to top of board, issue number partially covered with masking tape so that only the "2" is visible. The issue number is presumed to be "28," as the last official issue of Crime Suspense was 27, and Nickel Library ECs maintain the original numbering sequences. Provenance: From the Collection of Ron Turner, Publisher of Last Gasp. "Gary Arlington had a hand in editing and promoting several comics, but considered himself more of an idea man than publisher. Fortunately he had lots of ideas. Most of them revolved around the love of his life, E.C. Comics. His vision of EC rising from the ashes like a cartoon phoenix was not the craziest of his ideas. In fact, it was a highly infectious concept, especially to the cartoonists who read ECs as kids and remembered when their favorite comic books were sacrified in the war of juvenile delinquency." -Patrick Rosenkranz, Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution, 1963-1975. Jay Kinney was a member of the Bijou Funnies crowd, along with R. Crumb, Jay Lynch and Skip Williamson He claimed that reading EC comics as a boy damaged him psychologically: "E.C. comics occupy a place in my psyche normally associated with heavy childhood trauma. It is from such experiences that our personality and later life are shaped." -Jay Kinney, Blab! #1, 1986. Kinney's faux Crime SuspenStories #27 cover is a riff on '50s fears of juvenile delinquency. Soda shop owner "Pop Arlington" sweats buckets, á la Johnny Craig as a pistol packing hoodlum robs his shop. A cop stands frozen in the doorway, his posture and drapery evoking Al Feldstein's dynamic stiffness. A boy looks up from his comic book, probably an EC. Behind him there's a comic rack packed with fresh ECs for a dime a pop: the words Shock, Crime, Haunt, Crypt, Weird, Panic and MAD all leer at the viewer from this spinner rack of dreams. 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: 324069