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Issue: Tales of Suspense #30

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Publication Date: June 1962

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Issues: #30 of 99 Issues (172 Printings)

Title:

Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN:

Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (5 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants2

Tales of Suspense #30 [unnamed variant]

Tales of Suspense #30 [British]

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

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Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

The Haunted Roller Coaster!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult

Character(s): Charlie Harris; Walter Burke

First Line: It is too late now, Harris!!

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult

Character(s): Charlie Harris; Walter Burke

First Line: An amusement park!

Synopsis: An amusement park owner hires an engineer to design frightening rides and works him to death. The engineer's ghost returns and takes the park owner on a deadly roller coaster ride.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Job Number: V-659

Notes: Pages 3 and 5 include promo copy for the new Hulk comic book.

Trouble Bubble

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Jonathan Jr.; Nora; Jonathan Sr.; Mr. Bigger

First Line: If there was some way to keep Jonathan, Jr. busy on a...

Synopsis: A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: K-160

Notes: Text story with illustration.

The Creature from Krangro

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Creature from Krangro

First Line: He was the greatest conqueror in the universe...

Synopsis: An alien commander is sent to Earth to prove his courage by capturing three humans, but he accidentally takes statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Plot elements and ending taken from "The Men From Earth", Journey into Unknown Worlds # 23, December 1953.

The bottom of page 2 includes promo copy for the new Hulk comic.

The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult

Character(s): Ishmal

First Line: Our tale happened way back in the fifteenth century... when mankind believed in...

Synopsis: An evil duke seeks the secret of eternal youth, and an old man in Egypt turns him into a mummy.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Job Number: V-661

Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/241279/TALES-OF-SUSPENSE-30-COMIC-BOOK-TITLE-SPLASH-PAGE-ORIGINAL-ART-BY-DON-HECK

Inside the Fallout Shelter!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Mr. Clagg

First Line: Some men fight to get in--and others fight to get out!

Synopsis: A selfish man builds a bomb shelter only for himself, but when a false alarm panics him he finds himself locked in for a month without a can opener to open his food.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Job Number: V-662

Notes: The bottom of page 2 includes promo copy for the new Hulk comic. The bottom of page 5 features promo copy for Amazing Adult Fantasy.