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SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES No. 13 Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Description: EC Comics. February-March, 1954. CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). Off-white pages. Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein stories. Jack Kamen Wally Wood, Reed Crandall and Frank Frazetta art. Kamen cover. Frank Frazetta's only solo story for EC. Features "Squeeze Play," Frank Frazetta's only solo EC story. Frazetta modeled the bad guy's appearance after his own, and one panel features a man wearing an EC t-shirt, who appears to be an amalgam of Bill Gaines and Roy Krenkel. This ish also features "Blood Brothers," a classic Feldstein-Wood "preachie" in which a guy named Sid terrorizes his next-door neighbor Henry for having "black blood." After Henry kills himself, the coroner informs Sid that when he was a kid, his life was saved by a blood transfusion from a black donor. The story ends not with violent comeuppance, as in the similar story "Hate!" from Shock #5, but with Sid overcome with shame and remorse. In Qiana Whitted's EC Comics: Race, Shock and Social Protest, the author discusses the significance of the different endings of "Hate" and "Blood Brothers": "If we keep the lessons of 'Hate!' in mind—that pain should not be the only teacher—the tears that fall down Sid's cheeks suggest remorse as an alternative. He now realizes that the racial phantom he spent so much time constructing inside the minds of his neighbors has been living beneath his own skin.... However, it is also worth considering what it means that Sid's punishment for murdering a black man is to be turned into one." 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: 322817