Crime SuspenStories was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. The bi-monthly crime comic, published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, began with an issue cover-dated October-November 1950. Over a four-year span, it ran for 27 issues, ending with the February-March 1955 issue. William Maxwell Gaines (March 1, 1922–June 3, 1992), or Bill Gaines as he was called, was the founder of MAD Magazine but he was also noted for his efforts to create comic books of sufficient artistic quality and interest to appeal to adults. ... Al Feldstein was the editor of EC Comics line of horror, science-fiction, and suspenstories titles in the 1950s. ...

Behind attention-grabbing front covers illustrated by Feldstein, Johnny Craig, George Evans and Jack Kamen, each issue contained four stories centering around a wide variety of criminal activities. The stories were illustrated by Craig, Evans, Kamen, Wally Wood, Graham Ingels, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, George Roussos, Sid Check, Al Williamson, Fred Peters, Joe Orlando, Will Elder, Reed Crandall, Bernard Krigstein and Frank Frazetta. George Evans (February 5, 1920- June 22, 2001) was an American cartoonist and comic book artist. ... Wallace Wally Wood (June 17, 1927–November 2, 1981), best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad magazine, was an imaginative writer-illustrator who freelanced to a wide variety of markets. ... Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924 - February 21, 1993), U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. ... Jack Davis (born December 2, 1924) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. ... Joe Orlando was an illustrator and cartoonist who was born April 4, 1927, in Bari, Italy, and died December 23, 1998, in Manhattan. ... William Elder (born 1921) is a comic book artist. ...

Crime SuspenStories displayed a noir-styled approach that differed from other crime comic books of the period. James M. Cain, Cornell Woolrich, radio's Suspense, Jim Thompson and other fiction in that vein were obvious influences on the Crime SuspenStories scripts by Craig, Feldstein, Carl Wessler and others. Two stories were adaptations from Ray Bradbury -- "The Screaming Woman" and "Touch and Go" -- with Bradbury receiving a billboard blurb on the front covers. James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 - October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and crime writer. ... Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich (December 4, 1903 - September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. ... Jim Thompson (September 27, 1906, Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory-April 7, 1977, Los Angeles, California) was an American writer of short stories, screenplays and novels of the pulp fiction kind. ... Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer of Swedish descent, known best for his 1950 short story collection The Martian Chronicles and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ...

In 1983, Russ Cochran published the entire run of Crime SuspenStories in a slipcased edition of five hardbacks with annotations by mystery writer Max Allan Collins. Max Allan Collins is a prolific American mystery writer who has been called mysterys Renaissance man. He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie adaptations and historical fiction. ...