(W) Carl Wessler (A) Jack Kamen & Various (CA) Jack Kamen Now available in an affordable paperback edition, Shock SuspenStories Volume 3 continues the fabled EC tradition of presenting the finest noir comics of the era. These hard-as-nails tales of betrayal, larceny, and murder are the works of legendary creators Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Reed Crandall, Jack Kamen, and more. Includes 'Squeeze Play,' the only EC story illustrated solely by Frank Frazetta-who appears as the main character in the story! Collects Shock SuspenStories #13-18 and features a foreword by comics superstar Brian Michael Bendis.

(W) Al Feldstein (A/CA) Jack Kamen Jack Kamen's precise, clean style was perfect for tales of men and women who act on the base instincts behind their glamorous fa?ades. Enter the twisted world of Kamen's crime capers with stories like 'Forty Whacks', 'Contract for Death', 'The Neat Job!', 'Just Desserts!' plus 20 more tales of tension as only EC could do them! Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library, Forty Whacks and Other Stories also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic masterpieces.