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Below is pertinent information on all EC picto-fiction magazines.
Needed data was culled from the excellent tome Tales of Terror/The EC Companion.
The Complete Picto-Fiction is available in hardbound from Gemstone Publishing.

Adult Tales of Terror Illustrated #1

November-December 1955

Cover: Reed Crandall

The Sucker
Script Maxwell Williams (Al Feldstein)
Art Reed Crandall

Sure-Fire Scheme
Script John Larner
Art Joe Orlando

Rest in Peace
Script Jack Oleck
Art George Evans

The Basket
Script Al Feldstien
Art Graham Ingels
(adapted from a story in Haunt of Fear #7)

The Gorilla's Paw
Script Alfred E. Neuman (Al Feldstein)
Art Johnny Craig
(adapted from a story in Haunt of Fear #9)

Adult Tales of Terror Illustrated #2

Spring 1956

Cover: Reed Crandall

Horror in the Feak Tent
Script Al Feldstein
Art Reed Crandall
(adapted from a story in Haunt of Fear #5)

Requiem
Script John Larner
Art Graham Ingels

Mother Love
Script Maxwell Williams (Al Feldstein)
Art Graham Ingels

Head Man
Script Jack Oleck
Art Charles Sultan

Reflection of Death
Script Alfred E. Neuman (Al Feldstein)
Art George Evans
(adapted from a story in Tales From the Crypt #23)

Confessions Illustrated #1

January-February 1956

Cover: Rudy Nappi

I Joined a Teenage Gang
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Jack Kamen

I Can Never Marry
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Joe Orlando

My Tragic Affair
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Wally Wood

I Took My Sister's Husband
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Jack Kamen

Passion Made Me a Thief
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Johnny Craig

Confessions Illustrated #2

Spring 1956

Cover: Rudy Nappi

I Sold My Baby
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Jack Kamen

Unfaithful Wife
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Reed Crandall

They Ran Me Out of Town
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Jack Kamen

I Destroyed My Marriage
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Joe Orlando

Man-Crazy
Script Daniel Keyes
Art Johnny Craig

Crime Illustrated #1

December 1955

Cover: Joe Orlando

Fall Guy For Murder
Script Al Feldstein
Art Bernard Krigstein/Reed Crandall
(adapted from story in Crime SuspenStories #18)
[Note: Krigstein began this assignment, then asked if he could change the ending of the story. When refused, he quit and Crandall was brought in to finish the job.]

The Sisters
Script Jack Oleck
Art Joe Orlando

Fool's Gold
Script Richard Smith
Art Graham Ingels

Farewell to Arms
Script John Larner
Art Reed Crandall

Mother's Day
Script Alfred E. Neuman (Al Feldstein)
Art George Evans

Crime Illustrated #2

Spring 1956

Cover: Reed Crandall

Motive
Script Jack Oleck
Art Reed Crandall
Splash Page

Fair Trade
Script John Larner
Art Graham Ingels
Splash Page

Clean Sweep
Script Maxwell Williams (Al Feldstein)
Art Joe Orlando
Splash Page

Screenplay For Murder
Script Al Feldstein
Art Jack Davis
(adapted from story “Cut” in Crime Supenstories #9)
Splash Page

Pieces of Hate
Script Alfred E. Neuman (Al Feldstein)
Art Johnny Craig
Splash Page

Shock Illustrated #1

ALL KAMEN ISSUE!

September-October 1955

Cover: Jack Kamen

The Needle
Script Kris Daniels (Daniel Keyes)
Art Jack Kamen

Switch Party
Script Robert Bernstein
Art Jack Kamen

The Jacket
Script A.D. Locke (Daniel Keyes)
Art Jack Kamen

Shock Illustrated #2

Winter 1955

Cover: Rudy Nappi

Lipstick Killer
Script A.D. Locke (Daniel Keyes)
Art Reed Crandall

My Brother's Keeper
Script Jack Oleck
Art George Evans

A Question of Time
Script Al Feldstein
Art Al Williamson & Angelo Torres
(Adaptation of story from Crime Suspenstories #13)

Dead Right
Script Alfred E. Neuman (Al Feldstein)
Art Graham Ingels
(Adaptation of story from Tales From the Crypt #13)

Shock Illustrated #3

Spring 1956

Cover: Rudy Nappi

Curiosity Killed
Script Al Feldstein
Art Reed Crandall

The Demon
Script John Larner
Art Graham Ingels

Sin Doll
Script Kris Daniels (Daniel Keyes)
Art Jack Kamen

One Man's Meat
Script Jack Oleck
Art George Evans

This issue was printed, but Gaines lacked the funds to have it bound. One to two hundred copies were hand-bound for the company archives. Some were given away and some sent to fans who had ordered the issue.

Reportedly the artwork for almost four completed issues of picto-fiction titles exist, as EC publisher William Gaines commissioned the stories before deciding to cancel the titles. One story, by artist Frank Frazetta, was never finished, but 19 others were delivered and paid for.

One of these tales, "The Mother", drawn by Jack Davis, saw the light of day in the 1996 book Tales From the Crypt by Digby Diehl. Here's a sneak peek of The Mother.

A second story, "Wanted For Murder", an Al Williamson job slated for Crime Illustrated #3, was published in the book Foul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s E.C. Comics! by Grant Geissman in 2005. Here's the splash page as a preview.

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