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Issue: World of Suspense #5
Publication Date: December 1956
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Issues: #5 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas News Company, 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)
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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
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By the Dark of the Moon!; While Simon Slept!; The Men in Glass!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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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While Simon Slept...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Simon Miller; Mrs. Miller
Synopsis: Simon tells the police how his matter duplicator created a perfect duplicate of himself who's taken over his life. A policeman comes with him to see evidence, but the duplicate claims to be Simon's twin brother. The duplicate runs to the basement and when the policeman follows, the matter duplicator duplicates him.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #233 published January 1987
as While Simon Slept...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-738
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By the Dark of the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Luther Krohler; Erik Lubek; Mr. Lubek; Charles Reuse; Fred Reuse; Lena Norden
Synopsis: Luther is asked to expose the person believed to be descended from aliens who allegedly landed 200 years ago and resume their true appearance only by moonlight. Luther tries to frame Fred as the alien as revenge on Fred's father for marrying the woman he loved, only to find Luther himself is the alien, without realizing it. Luther is imprisoned and apologizes for the deception.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-765
Disclose Notes: Wessler script from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
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Menace Below!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Karlin
Synopsis: Karlin is being shown US weapons but is told he can't see a new underwater device. Karlin sneaks back at night in a diving suit to examine the device, not realizing its a new anti-frog man mine which will explode at the slightest touch.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-769
Disclose Notes: Oleck script per Martin O'Hearn: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/08/jack-oleck-stories-in-three-atlas-titles.html
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The Men in Glass!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Martel; Zarki
Synopsis: Martel is attending his first banquet when Zarki attacks. Martel offers to switch sides, but he sings "the Star-Spangled Banner" and his high-pitched tones shatter the glass in Zarki and his men's helmets, knocking them out because they can't breathe oxygen.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #120 published January 1971
as The Men in Glass! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-760
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The Mind-Reader

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Tom Norton; Mr. Mason; Mr. Frank; Bobby Norton
Synopsis: A real estate agent gains telepathy from a magic paper weight.
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From Content Item: FlagSpellbound #24 published October 1955
was The Wish [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Mind-Reader"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-672
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The Lead-Lined Box!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hugo Steiner; Hans
Synopsis: Hans brings Hugo a newborn in a lead-lined box which Hugo places beneath his memory-visualizer, hoping to prove newborns have purity within them, but all he sees are images of man's hatred toward others. Hugo destroys his device so no one else will know, not realizing the "newborn" in the box is a newborn puppy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K-747
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The Brain Trap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Hoyt; Earle Bolton; Nan Hoyt
Synopsis: Henry accidentally creates a hair growth formula and looks for a business partner, only to discover the formula has also given him telepathy and Bolton wants him dead. The telepathy helps Henry save his life and then he destroys the formula.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-860
Disclose Notes: Possible Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, no.5, May 2017. Nick notes this may be a re-titled Wessler story credited in his record books as "I Steal Your Thoughts" written in March 1956.

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