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Issue: Strange Suspense Stories #21 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1954
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Issues: #21 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
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
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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]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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$100,000 Ring Sale

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad for any ring, your choice, $1.98 tax paid.
Indicia at the bottom of page.
Inside cover.
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Who Will He Be?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy, horror, science fiction
Synopsis: An Arabian tyrant uses sleep-deprivation to torture his opponents and find out about assassination plots about him. Some day something out of the ordinary happens.
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Pages: 6
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The Well of Fear!

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Genres: crime, fantasy, horror, science fiction
Synopsis: Bankrobbers Logan and Sellis get trapped in an old well and can't get out. They mistrust each other and won't help the other to escape. They both perish miserably.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Cover story. Molno pencils per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/10/joe-shusters-charlton-ghost.html
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Surprise Package

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy, horror, science fiction
Synopsis: Gustav Perrin steals a miniature atom bomb, but loses it to a suicidal stranger who jumps off a building with it. The jumper, however, has a parachute and does an advertisement stunt.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reader's solution to write-in-contest for a new ending from "Strange Suspense Stories" #19 (July 1954).

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

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: crime, fantasy, horror, science fiction
Synopsis: Sam Snittleman can foresee the future. He knows that a crime mobster will kill him. When he does, Snittleman returns from the dead as "Mr. Vision" and leads the police to his murderers.
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This Bite is Sweet!

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Peter North is a vampire. He settles down in a village in the Pyrenees and terrorizes the good people. When he meets the lovely Monique, North is torn between love and blood lust.
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Pages: 6
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The Mark of the Ripper!

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Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Police detective Baird has to bring down the "Ripper", a knife-wielding maniac on the loose. Following the clues Baird is confronted with the fact that he himself is the "Ripper".
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In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko: Edge of Genius #[nn] published January 2008
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: First page of the story has a "Steve Ditko-ish" appearance to the art.
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No Questions Asked

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Genres: fantasy, horror, science fiction
Synopsis: Dr. Hurtt needs fresh cadavers for his anatomy sessions. When he gets blackmailed he decides to commit a murder and thus kill two birds with one stone.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Write-in contest for readers to contribute an ending to this story.
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Amazing Double-Action Skin Treatment

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Feature(s): Scope Products
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Disclose Notes: Ad in black and white for skin treatment.
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Why Just Wish for the Things You Want?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): girl; dad; mom; boy (all in photos)
First Line: Boys! Girls! Mothers! Dads! Make extra money! It’s easy-fast-and FUN, too!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for selling Christmas cards for Wallace Brown, Inc.
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Come On, Buddy, Quit Being a Bag-of-Bones Weakling Like I Was

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Norman; George Jowett
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Body-building ad.
Inside back cover.
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Hello, Bob - Have You Found that Underseas Treasure?

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Character(s): Bob; Sam; girl; lady
First Line: Given! Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! We give you Cash! Or Premiums!
Synopsis: Bob fruitlessly searches the ocean floor for treasure, until Sam tells of his own "treasures" he received for selling Cloverine Brand Salve.
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Disclose Notes: Comics ad for Wilson Chemical Co., offering prizes or money for the sales of Cloverine Brand Salve. Among the many prizes offered in the ad is a live pony. Color ad on back cover.

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