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Issue: Strange Stories of Suspense #6
Publication Date: December 1955
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Issues: #6 of 12 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Classic Syndicate, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: All information from www.atlastales.com.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Illusion!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
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The Illusion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Benulis (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Benulis (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Richard Cole
Synopsis: Cole tells his psychiatrist how a comet eliminated all life on Earth except himself - he informs the psychiatrist that he's a hallucination. However, the psychiatrist maintains he's the last man on Earth and Cole is his own hallucination.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: G-930
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The Baton

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert McCarty (illustration)
Inker(s): Robert McCarty (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagAstonishing #55 published November 1956
as The Secret [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Secret"
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #56 published September 1957
as Maestro Ricardo [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Maestro Ricardo"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: H-91
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The Totem!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Al Clark; Adams; Lew Grover; Pete Knowles
Synopsis: Clark's men find an Inuit who has a golden totem pole. They take the pole, but when nearly home they awaken to find they've shrunk over night and the totem is gone. They return to reclaim the totem, but the same thing happens again as they near home. Each of Clark's men abandon him as he becomes shorter until he's transformed into a face on the totem pole by aliens, friends of the Inuit man.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #231 published January 1985
as The Totem! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: H-120
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Power!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ronnie
Synopsis: Ronnie is confronted by sorcerers who reveal his family's divining rod is actually a magic wand which they need to regain power. Ronnie burns the wand.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #231 published January 1985
as Power! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-40
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I Dare You to Look!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Stephen Adams; Percival Crane
Synopsis: Stephen is always telling lies and Percival prosecutes him for them. Stephen discovers an opening in a tree which leads to the future and shows it to Percival. When Stephen and Percival try to tell others, they're both branded liars.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: G-849
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per bibliography published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 24, # 10, October 2013.
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The Third Arm!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Johnny Evans; Mac Sutter; Ray; Frank
Synopsis: Johnny tells Mac how he discovered an underground world populated by three-armed men who vowed to transform him into one of their ranks. Johnny fled and has been running since. Then Mac reveals he's one of the three-armed men.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: G-982
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 25, No. 10, October 2013.

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