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Issue: Strange Suspense Stories #19 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1954
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Issues: #19 of 7 Issues
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Charlton PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: horror
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In Content Item: FlagTales Too Terrible to Tell #4 published January 1991
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In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]cover detail
In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Strange Suspense Stories #19 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]cover
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Pages: 1
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In 10 Minutes of Fun a Day I Changed Myself

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Genres: sports
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Disclose Notes: Inside cover ad in black and white.
Indicia at the bottom of page.
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Give Back My Body

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Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: The body of Lefty Riccardi dies in the electric chair, but his mind has been transferred to broker John Billings. Two detectives solve this mystery.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: cover story. Molno art per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/10/joe-shusters-charlton-ghost.html
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All Burnt Up

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: Gangster Blenheim hides at the house of a friend. A boy living there gives him nothing but trouble.
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Pages: 4
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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Surprise Package

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: Gustav Perrin steals a miniature atom bomb, but loses it to a suicidal stranger who jumps off a building with it.
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Disclose Notes: Write-in contest for readers to send in their story ending.
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Destructive Death

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Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Violinist Jan Sagoro can collapse buildings by playing the right "vibrating point". He blackmails the city.
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You Know Too Much!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: A "Mr. Average American" turns knife murderer at night and seeks the professional help of a psychiatrist.
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A Nice Quiet Place!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: Tony and Chopper enter their quiet hideout in the mountains, but get attacked by a mountain lion.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
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Pages: 6
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High Tension

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: The surviving acrobat falls as well and lands on the unfaithful wife.
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Disclose Notes: Reader's ending to write-in contest in "Strange Suspense Stories" #16
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Complete Baffling Magic Outfit 20 First Class Illusions

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First Line: Be a magician - fool and delight your friends with a full 2 hour mystery show.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for various magic tricks from Honor House Products.
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Now Fly Like a Bird!

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First Line: With wings made from the original sketch of Leonardo Da Vinci's flying wings!
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering a book titled "The Birdman - The Story of Leonardo Da Vinci", for 98-cents plus postage - with a free 10-day trial, from Stravon Publishers. Ad features such enticing ad copy as "Now any adventure loving boy can build Da Vinci's flying wings with just ordinary carpenter's tools. Remember these are not toy wings but real Da Vinci flying wings."
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How to Hypnotize

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First Line: It's easy to hypnotize... when you know how.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for ordering book on How to Hypnotize, from Stravon Publishers.
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Gain More Weight in 10 Days Or Your Money Back!

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover ad for modern medical technique to put more weight on lean bodies.
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Friends! Here's How to Get at Almost No Cost Your New Real, Live Miniature Dog

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Character(s): Mrs. Ruth Long (Gift Manager Dean Studios); miniature dog
First Line: Supply limited send today!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for photograph enlargement prints, offering a free miniature dog as an incentive premium. Full figure Back cover ad with photo of the miniature dog saying "Please give me a home" via a comic-style dialogue balloon. A penciled and inked woman's hand holds the dog (seen as a photo) in her palm.
Head and shoulders photo of Mrs. Ruth Long also speaking via a comic-style dialogue balloon and quoted in the text copy of the ad... "I'll be happy to send you without you paying a penny, this loveable, young, miniature dog that is so tiny when even fully grown you can carry it in your pocket or hold it in one hand, yet it barks and is a reliable watch dog as well as a pet. You can keep it in a shoebox and enjoy many amusing hours teaching it tricks... active, healthy, intelligent, and clean."
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Any Photo Copied

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First Line: 20 billfold size pictures $1
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Disclose Notes: Bottom of back cover ad offering 20 billfold size prints of any photo for one dollar. Cash, as well as checks or money orders, is accepted by mail - with any enclosed photos. The two photo reproduction vendors sharing this page could very well be the same entity, as both are in Des Moines, IA. On final interior page of the comic.

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