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Issue: Strange Suspense Stories #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1954
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Issues: #18 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Charlton PublicationView Brand Images2
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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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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In Content Item: 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Gain More Weight

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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.
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What Was in Sam Dora's Box?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Sam Dora
First Line: It was an incredible mystery that baffled the citizens of Twin Pines... a puzzle that drove Zach Marrow to the edge of madness.
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagGhost Manor #73 published March 1984
as What Was in Sam Dora's Box? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko: Edge of Genius #[nn] published January 2008
as What Was In Sam Dora's Box? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
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The Matchless Firebug!

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Genres: crime, horror, occult
First Line: Sam Match was a "hot shot" in his chosen profession... arson!
Synopsis: The arsonist Sam Match sets fires to buildings and his employers to cover his tracks.
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Pages: 5
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Tight Squeeze

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Genres: crime, horror, occult, western
First Line: Jeb Chisum was willing to kill his partner for the gold dust they had prospected together...
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 5
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Burning Revenge

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror, occult
First Line: Mary Farrel looked at the clock above the counter.
Synopsis: The ghost of John Clark awaits three brutal gangsters in his house and lets them kill each other.
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Pages: 2
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The Jaws of Death!

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Genres: horror, occult
First Line: "Ace" Madigan would go anywhere to photograph a spectacular story, even into the jaws of death!
Synopsis: Photographer "Ace" Madigan tries to capture a dragon-god fire ritual on film, but perishes while doing so.
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Pages: 3
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Face to Face!

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Genres: crime
First Line: Dear readers... we've just finished judging hundreds of solutions to our recent 4-page quiz, face-to-face...
Synopsis: The Ajax twin brothers try to kill each other to change identities.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 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
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Dead Right!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Mord; Sam Drake; Ken Karl; Mephistopheles (cat)
First Line: In the weird little house on the dead-end street, in London, lived the old man known as... Mr. Mord.
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko: Edge of Genius #[nn] published January 2008
as Dead Right [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Dead Right! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
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Now! The Amazing Facts about Baldness

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Comate Laboratories, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a product that helps prevent baldness.
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$100,000 Ring Sale

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for rings.
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They Mailed This Coupon...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover ad for selling wall plaques door to door.

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