Crime SuspenStories #22 (1954) from E.C. Comics
Light tape residue on back case (you can see the tape in the photograph on the top label area. We have removed and cleaned this, but some slight residue still exists)
Interesting Details:
Classic decapitation cover by Johnny Craig
One of the comic books used during the cross-examination of EC publisher William Gaines during hearings in front of the Senate Committee
More on this book:
Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Marie Severin, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A couple's intricate plot to have the mistress impersonate the murdered wife is undone by a game show, of all things. A banker who swindles a fortune from an old woman is betrayed by his own guilt. An attempt at murder-by-fire becomes suicide-by-spouse instead. Severed-head cover is one of the most infamous in comics history, mentioned during Gaines' testimony before the US Senate. In Each and Every Package; Monotony; Cinder Block; Sight Unseen. 36 pages, Full Color.