Today in Comics History, February 9, 1948: It's a nice day for a FRIGHT wedding

Aw, isn't that lover-ly! Fred and Jo Ann got married today, and surely their love shall last forever...oh, wait, no, because it's an EC Comics story.


from "Stiff Punishment!*" in Crime SuspenStories #11 (EC, June 1952); script, pencils, and inks by Johnny Craig, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Wroten
*Okay, I'll admit it: I'll never come up with a ghoulish pun title as fine as that one.

Well, of course the solution to all that married strife is to murder your bride. Naturally! It's an EC Comic! And of course, Fred has committed the perfect crime! Or so he thinks heh heh heh heh!


Ha ha! It's not only not the perfect crime because it's an EC Comic, it's also an ironic twist of the knife in the back at the end because it's an EC Comic! Happy master planiversary, Fred!


Mind you, I suspected him the first time I saw he was wearing a green suit. All together now: Where do you even get a green suit?