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Issue: Strange Suspense Stories #18 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (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
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[untitled]

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horror
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FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Strange Suspense Stories #18 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]cover
 
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Gain More Weight

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Mail order advertisement for the More-Wate Co, Dept. 248, 318 Market Street, Newark, N.J. Ad agency editing.
Indicia at the bottom of page.
Inside cover.
What Was in Sam Dora's Box?

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horror
Sam Dora
It was an incredible mystery that baffled the citizens of Twin Pines... a puzzle that drove Zach Marrow to the edge of madness.
Recluse Sam Dora always carries a box on his shoulder. Curiosity is killing the townspeople - until one of them has a fatal look.
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FlagGhost Manor #73 published March 1984
as What Was in Sam Dora's Box? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSteve Ditko: Edge of Genius #[nn] published January 2008
as What Was In Sam Dora's Box? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as What Was in Sam Dora's Box? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
The Matchless Firebug!

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crime, horror, occult
Sam Match was a "hot shot" in his chosen profession... arson!
The arsonist Sam Match sets fires to buildings and his employers to cover his tracks.
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Tight Squeeze

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crime, horror, occult, western
Jeb Chisum was willing to kill his partner for the gold dust they had prospected together...
Prospector Jeb kills his partner Vance for his share of gold dust. He makes it look like a robbery with himself as a second victim. But his plan has a catch.
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Burning Revenge

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horror, occult
Mary Farrel looked at the clock above the counter.
The ghost of John Clark awaits three brutal gangsters in his house and lets them kill each other.
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The Jaws of Death!

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horror, occult
"Ace" Madigan would go anywhere to photograph a spectacular story, even into the jaws of death!
Photographer "Ace" Madigan tries to capture a dragon-god fire ritual on film, but perishes while doing so.
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Face to Face!

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crime
Dear readers... we've just finished judging hundreds of solutions to our recent 4-page quiz, face-to-face...
The Ajax twin brothers try to kill each other to change identities.
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This is reader Caroline Denver's solution to the quiz "Face to Face!" that appeared in Lawbreakers Suspense #15 (November 1953).

Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
Dead Right!

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Mr. Mord; Sam Drake; Ken Karl; Mephistopheles (cat)
In the weird little house on the dead-end street, in London, lived the old man known as... Mr. Mord.
Two newspaper reporters go story hunting and end up with more than they could ever have hoped for. Because Mr. Mord's strange wax museum proves to be a hell's kitchen itself.
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FlagSteve Ditko: Edge of Genius #[nn] published January 2008
as Dead Right [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Dead Right! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
Now! The Amazing Facts about Baldness

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Comate Laboratories, Inc.
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Ad for a product that helps prevent baldness.
$100,000 Ring Sale

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Ad for rings.
They Mailed This Coupon...

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Inside back cover.
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Boys, girls, men, women!
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Back cover ad for selling wall plaques door to door.

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