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SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #11 * CGC 4.5 * Wood Story Fuels Lettercol Race Riot
SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #11 * CGC 4.5 * Wood Story Fuels Lettercol Race Riot
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Title: SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES No. 11
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Publisher:EC [Indicia: Tiny Tot Comics., Inc.]
Date Published: October-November 1953
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CGC certified: VG+ (4.5). Off-white pages. Cover: Johnny Craig. Plots and scripts: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig. Art: Johnny Craig, Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, Jack Kamen. GPAnalysis: A 4.5 sold for $216 in 3/23.



Features the classic Feldstein-Wood "In Gratitude," in which a disabled Korean War hero shames his hometown for snubbing his black brother-in-arms by refusing to bury him in the town's churchyard: "The GRENADE that tore his skin to pieces didn't KNOW its color... didn't CARE if it was WHITE or BLACK... What did he DIE for? What did I give my ARM for? You say YOU'RE PROUD of ME. Well, I'M NOT PROUD OF YOU. I'm ASHAMED! I'm ashamed OF you... and FOR you!"



The story was strong stuff in the Ozzie and Harriet '50s, and one reader's rancid reaction appeared in the lettercol of SS #13: "This story stinks... I'd like for the person who wrote it to sleep, eat and live with blacks or niggers. I'm in the service, and I would not care to have a nigger eat at the same table with me, or anybody else with self-respect that I know. The niggers in my outfit eat, sleep, and stay with themselves. And that is the way it will stay without a riot."




A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.



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SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #11 * CGC 4.5 * Wood Story Fuels Lettercol Race Riot

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