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Shock SuspenStories was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. The bi-monthly comic, published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, began with issue 1 in February/March 1952. Over a four-year span, it ran for 18 issues, ending with the December/January 1955 issue.
[edit] Artists and writersFront covers were by Feldstein, Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, George Evans and Jack Kamen. Kamen was the comic's most prolific artist, usually doing the lead eight-page story in each issue. Other stories were illustrated by Craig, Evans, Wood, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, Bernard Krigstein and Frank Frazetta. Writing was handled by Gaines and Feldstein exclusively through the first 12 issues with the exception of a single story written by Craig. Over the last 6 issues other writers that contributed included Carl Wessler, Otto Binder, and Jack Oleck. Issue 13 of the title featured the story "Squeeze Play", which was the only solo story Frank Frazetta drew for E.C. [edit] Origin and major themesShock SuspenStories originated in early 1952 as a "sampler" featuring stories of various genres. Gaines and Feldstein explained the comic's origin and the source of its title in the first issue:
The war story would be immediately phased out with the second issue, replaced with a message story – the "Shock SuspenStory". Bhob Stewart discussed the "Shock SuspenStory" in his notes for the EC Library, which reprinted all 18 issues of this title:
Over the next three years Shock SuspenStories would tackle many relevant and controversial issues including racism (issue 3's "The Guilty", issue 11's "In Gratitude"), mob hysteria (issue 2's "The Patriots"), police corruption (issue 4's "Confession"), vigilantism (issue 6's "Under Cover"), drug addiction (issue 12's "The Monkey"), and rape (issue 8's "The Assault", issue 16's "A Kind of Justice"). The sampler format remained for the remaining three stories in the title until the end of 1953. Starting with issue 12 the horror and sci-fi stories were phased out and the comic focused primarily on crime and "Shock SuspenStories" for the remainder of its run. [edit] Influences and adaptationsSome stories from this comic were adapted for the Tales from the Crypt television series. Two stories (issue 7's "The Small Assassin" and issue 9's "The October Game") were adaptations of Ray Bradbury short stories. [2] A collection of anecdotes by Bennett Cert titled "Try and Stop Me" was an influence for a number of stories include issue 1's "Yellow" and issue 2's "The Patriots". [3] Other specific story influences that have been found include the following: [4]
Artistically, Joe Orlando used fellow artist Wally Wood as the influence for the main character of issue 3's "The Big Stand Up". [5] [edit] Controversies and demiseIssue 14 contained two of the title's most controversial stories, "The Orphan", which featured a ten-year-old girl murdering her father and framing her mother, and "The Whipping" which featured a bigoted father mistakenly beating his daughter to death under the impression that she was her hispanic boyfriend. Gaines was questioned extensively about both stories by the Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in April 1954.[6] Shock SuspenStories was one of five comics voluntarily folded by publisher Bill Gaines in 1955 due to the outcry over horror and crime comics. [edit] Issue guide
[edit] ReprintsShock SuspenStories has been reprinted on a couple of occasions. The series was collected in a series of three black-and-white hardbacks by Russ Cochran in 1981 (also available together as a slipcased set), and all 18 individual issues saw print from Cochran (in association with Gemstone Publishing) between September 1992 and December 1996. In December 2006, Shock SuspenStories became (with the first volume of Weird Science) the inaugural titles reprinted in full-color hardback books by Cochran and Gemstone Publishing as part of the EC Archives series. These volumes aim to collect the series in its entireity (alongside other EC Comics titles), in full-color volumes (of six issues each). Volume 1 included a foreword by Steven Spielberg and Volume 2 followed in May, 2007. [edit] Sources
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