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Issue: Suspense #3
Publication Date: May 1950
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Issues: #3 of 29 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comic [round logo]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Cornell Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Black Pit!/The Man Who Lost His Head!/The Forbidden Room!/The Creature Who Didn't Exist!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): Chris Rule ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover logo redesigned; last issue with Marvel Comic colophon on cover.
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The Man Who Lost His Head!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Colan ?; Joe Maneely (splash)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Kirk Hudson; Napo; Mr. Lee
Synopsis: Mr. Lee challenges Kirk to learn the secrets of Jivaro headshrinking. Kirk ventures to Ecuador and hires Napo to help him find the Jivaro, but Napo leads Kirk into a cave and reveals himself to be a Jivaro headshrinker and then shrinks Kirk's head while he's still alive.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: 7206
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The Black Pit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sol Brodsky
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Nelson Klee; Robert; Simon Armbruster; Joe; Jim; Phil; Nelda Armbruster
Synopsis: Nelson befriends Simon but as their mine tunnels under a cemetery the miners are haunted by spirits. Simon's daughter Nelda helps guide Nelson to safety after a mine collapse, even though Nelda is dead herself.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: 7201
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Mind Over Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Allen Bellman
Inker(s): Allen Bellman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Dave Rand; Captain Crane; Dr. Evans; Mason
Synopsis: Rand investigates a series of murders and finds he's the killer, suffering from memory lapses which caused him to forget what he'd done.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: 5592
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Quiet Destiny

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joan? (signed)
Inker(s): Joan? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #37 [2] published December 1950
as Quiet Destiny [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuspense #7 published March 1951
as Quiet Destiny [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: 7278
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Creature Who Didn't Exist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett ?
Inker(s): Bill Everett ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Charles Cavanaugh; Mr. Blank; Stella Cavanaugh; Mark
Synopsis: Charles discovers Stella is cheating on him so creates Mr. Blank to murder her and Mark. However, Mr. Blank is troubled by being an instrument of death and frames Charles for the killings, then destroys himself.
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Pages: 10
Job Number: 7212
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #96 (June 1950). "If you enjoyed real-life tales of Suspense ... don't miss its great new companion magazine."
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The Forbidden Room!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Sandor Dvorgy; Ilona; Biro; Count Lazlo Honved
Synopsis: Sandor wants to obtain Count Honved's castle. He finally succeeds but is told not to open a door; when he does, Sandor is transformed into a ghost and can't return to normal life.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: 7196

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