Strange Stories of Suspense (1955) comic books 1957

"The One Who Watches" (art by Gene Colan), "The Black Beard" (art by Gray Morrow), "When the Yogi Speaks," "The Most Dangerous Man in the World" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "The Strange Seed," "Tachzillo the Terrible," and a two-page text story, "The Secret of the Saucers." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "Beware... A Martian," script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Ralph Mayo; In 1968 a bigot attempts hate crimes against a Martian who has fled war-torn Mars to live on Earth in peace. "Someone is in the Trunk," script by Carl Wessler, art by Dick Ayers; A thief in a rooming house gets a psychologist as a roommate who sets a trap for him by placing a mirror in the bottom of a trunk to plague the thief's guilty conscience with his own reflection. "When His World Vanished," art by Robert Q. Sale; When a man hits-and-runs a little boy, the boy's uncle gets revenge by giving the man a pill which erases him from existence. "All Through the Night," script by Carl Wessler, art by Tony DiPreta; A man finds that the people he is familiar with have all been replaced by strangers. "Surprise for the Audience" text story. "Child's Play!", art by John Tartaglione; A man with a self-inflated ego takes several years to assemble found parts, creating a materializer which brings forth a resident of the fourth dimension. "Inside the Hidden Well!", art by Doug Wildey; In Africa, during WWII, a German soldier finds the well where Achilles' mother bathed him and so becomes invulnerable to bullets and steals the American soldiers' food who had found him wandering dazed in the desert; They open up on him and one of the bullets glances off his heal, killing him, because that is where the American medic had placed a bandage over a boot blister. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Doomsday!"; When a crook finds gold outside of a Gypsy camp he tells them a story about a large meteor landing nearby soon in order to get them to leave. "The Liquid of Life!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Richard Doxsee; A diver finds the fountain of youth in an undersea city, but when he drinks the water, he finds can no longer breathe air and must remain in the sea. "The Man Who Forgot," art by Sol Brodsky; This story postulates that Robinson Crusoe was a time traveler from the future who was using a defective machine and got stranded. "The Sinister Suit," art by Bernie Krigstein; When a tramp picks up a suit from a murdered man, he dreams of the events which led up to his death and so leads the police to the body. "The Weight of the World" text story, art by John Tartaglione. "I Went Inside the Hidden World!", art by William Weltman; A night watchman who works for a research lab observes a diamond through a microscope in a tiny world that scientists have developed a transportation device for; He goes to the world and swipes the diamond. "The Terrible Timepiece!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Paul Reinman; A thief steals a watch that can halt gravity; He tries to sell it to communists who test it out by flying a bomber over an enemy capital. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Fred Kida. "The Eighth Wonder of the World," art by Richard Doxsee; Four conmen come up with an idea to dig up a giant that they plant in the earth and exhibit it to make money but they disturb a real giant with their scheme. "Only One Returned," art by John Forte; Two men descend into a cave shaft and one plots to dispose of the other so that he can marry his girlfriend; He cuts the rope and the other man falls into the river. "The Swami's Secret," art by Bob Bean; A mind-reading swami is undone when he comes across an individual he believes is an alien preparing to invade; He signs a confession to the police that he has been swindling wealthy clients for years but thinks the occasion is important enough to reveal his secret ability. "The Second-Hand Man!", art by Ed Winiarski; When a law-abiding man buys a used car that had belonged to an executed gangster, he finds himself behaving in reckless and aggressive ways. "The Missing Tooth" text story. "The Missing Sun," script by Carl Wessler, art by Matt Fox; A giant insect blots out Earth's sun and even more giant creatures save Earth by getting the insect to leave. "Bewitched!", art by Bob Powell; The book of Genda, a yogi fanatic, holds a town paralyzed until a man's glasses slip off his face and light magnified through one of the lenses burns up the pages. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.