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Issue: Strange Stories of Suspense #13
Publication Date: February 1957
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Issues: #13 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 Detective Stories, 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: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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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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Tachzillo the Terrible

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
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 One Who Watches!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): Gene Colan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Ivan Von Gent
Synopsis: When an old man cries out that he sees a monster it submerges before the townspeople can see it. Ivan Von Gent, the famous scientist, is with the townspeople and he vows to figure out how the old man can see the creature but no one else can. He figures out how to make it where he can see the creature and it works. He sees the creature and cries out but it submerges immediately. The old man that used to cry out when it came can now go home and rest because Ivan Von Gent is now "The One who watches"!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #25 published September 1973
as The One Who Watches! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #231 published January 1985
as The One Who Watches! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-946
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The Black Beard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Gray Morrow (signed)
Inker(s): Gray Morrow (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mac Grant; Ed Morgan; Tim Haley; Lois Deane; Charlie
Synopsis: On the run from the police, Mac waits for Lois at a diner but sees her go to over to a man with a black beard before the police arrest her. Mac flees and steals a test plane, but strangely finds himself back at the same airport after his flight. Returning to the diner, Mac encounters Lois and is arrested. He realizes the bearded man he saw was himself in the future - the experimental plane brought him back in time.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #231 published January 1985
as The Black Beard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-50
Disclose Notes: Wessler script from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
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When the Yogi Speaks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Bob Forgione
Inker(s): Jack Abel ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Punjor; Mitch Norton; Burt Kane; Harry Boyd; Chuck Wallace; Dave Hill
Synopsis: Mitch has Punjor teach him and his gang how to duplicate his magical tricks so they can escape the police. Punjor does so, but doesn't teach them how to cancel the spells when they're done.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #231 published January 1985
as When the Yogi Speaks! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-78
Disclose Notes: Wessler script from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
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The Most Dangerous Man in the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Henry Dunn; Ben; Paul Berring; Jack
Synopsis: Dunn wants to be remembered by people and claims in front of Berring he can predict deaths, saying Jack will die. Jack is suddenly hit and killed by a car and Henry forces Paul to tell the story in the newspaper. Henry makes another prediction, this time targeting Paul, but when he tries to make it come true by attacking Paul in an alleyway Paul overpowers him and Henry is sent to an asylum.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K-950
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The Secret of the Saucers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #31 published July 1955
was It Could Happen Tomorrow [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-402
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The Strange Seed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano ?
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mark Adams; Clay
Synopsis: Mark injures one of his plants during an experiment and the plants come to life to harm him as well as merge with a wound in his arm, turning his arm green.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #231 published January 1985
as The Strange Seed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-56
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Tachzillo the Terrible

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett
Inker(s): Bill Everett
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Tachzillo the Terrible
Synopsis: An escaped convict demands villagers help him escape the search parties. A boy leads him to an island then abandons him there, revealing he's actually Tachzillo, a trickster spirit.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-55

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