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Issue: Tales of Suspense #30
Publication Date: June 1962
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Issues: #30 of 99 Issues (172 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/08/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1962, page 175, registration number B957759.
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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:  
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Disclose Reprinted In14
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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The Haunted Roller Coaster!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Charlie Harris; Walter Burke
First Line: It is too late now, Harris!!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #26 published January 1965
as The Haunted Roller Coaster! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #187 published January 1980
as The Haunted Roller Coaster! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Tales of Suspense #30 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #19 published October 1972
as The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSeriespesial #11/1986 published January 1986
as Berg-og-dalbane med et spøkelse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-659
Disclose Notes: Pages 3 and 5 include promo copy for the new Hulk comic book.
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Trouble Bubble

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Trouble Bubble [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #49 published September 1956
was Trouble Bubble [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-160
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Creature from Krangro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
In Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #19 published September 1972
as The Creature from Krangro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor e i Vendicatori #121 published December 1975
as La creatura di Krangro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #118 published January 1976
as The Creature from Krango [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as The Creature from Krangro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose 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.
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The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-661
Disclose 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
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Inside the Fallout Shelter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Inside the Fallout Shelter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #88 published ?
as Inside the Fallout Shelter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-662
Disclose 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.

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