May 1932 issue
cover art by William Reusswig
better image than previously posted
“Three-Ring Murder” (Dan McGrath) by T.T. Flynn
“Red Bullets” (Murphy of Ozark Lumberlands) by Edward Parrish Ware
“The Screeching Skull” (Jim Trent, PI) by J. Allan Dunn
“The Death Master” (Vee Brown) by Carroll John Daly
photo and profile of T.T. Flynn was included
Shock SuspenStories #5 (EC, 1952) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. Hanging cover by Wally Wood.
cover art by Don Creigh
better image than previously posted
~ William E. Brandon, “Handout”, ‘panhandler in trouble’, 1st of 7 stories in BM
~ Frederick C. Davis, “Seven Knocks at My Door”, ‘Dr. Joel Perry’, 4th of 16 stories in BM
~ Frank Gruber, “The Ring and the Finger”, ‘1st-person narrator’, 8th of 14 stories in BM
~ John Lawrence, “Deed of Gift”, 2nd of 2 stories with ‘Barron Hargraft & boxing in Detroit & NYC’, 4th of 14 stories in BM
~ William Tanquery, “At Stillson’s”, ‘newspaper reporter; Stillson’s – a bar’, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Roger Torrey, “Death Plays Tag”, ‘8th (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 35th of 50 appearances in BM
~ Donald Wandrei, “Make Me a Death Mask”, ‘young artist’, 3rd of 6 stories in BM
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[cover updated 10/27/25]
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