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Issue: Strange Suspense Stories #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1954
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Issues: #22 of 7 Issues
Title:
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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko's The Thing! #[nn] published January 2006
as Steve Ditko's The Thing! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Strange Suspense Stories #22 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagDitko's Shorts #[nn] published November 2014
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Make Big Money With Fast-Selling Warm Mason Leather Jackets

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside cover ad.
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Killer's Arms

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Scientist gets transplanted the arms of a killer gorilla - and goes on a rampage.
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Pages: 5
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25 Big 8" X 10" Glossy Pictures - Your Choice $1.00

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Feature(s): Sunset Fan Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for photos of actors.
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Hands Off!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, espionage
Synopsis: Government agent transports an important briefcase, but is attacked brutally by enemy agents.
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Pages: 4
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The Kill!!

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Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Calvin Brock kills a man aboard a ship for a bag of diamonds and escapes by jumping into the water. His body is sucked into the ships propeller.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reader's solution to write-in contest in Strange Suspense Stories #20.

Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
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Lovelier Hair In 7 Days Or Your Money Back

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Juel Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for this amazing product that prevents dandruff, dry and brittle hair and itchy scalp.
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Explorer's Return

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Jungle explorer Mark Pennell brings home the idol of a snake god and is haunted by attacking snakes.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Suspense Stories #1 published June 1952
was Explorer's Return [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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White Birds of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
Synopsis: The "Shotgun Gang" terrorizes Florida.
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From Content Item: FlagUnderworld Crime #1 published June 1952
was White Birds of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Hey Kids!! Send For The New Howdy Doody Color Television Set

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Character(s): Howdy Doody; Clarabell; Mr. Bluster; Flub-A-Dub; Dilly Dally
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Have hours of fun watching 108 different pictures of Howdy Doody and friends on this special viewer! Sold by Josely Company.
Between page 4 and 5 of the previous story.
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The Secret of the Box!

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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: American newspaperman Michael Preston investigates east European tyrant Smirnov and finds out the secret of Smirnov's cruelty.
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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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[untitled]

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First Line: Draw Any Person in One Minute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a Norton Products "Magic Art Reproducer".
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Amazing New Way to a Slimmer Figure

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Healthaids Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for slimming candy.
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How to Fix Any Part of Any Car

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Feature(s): Motor's Book Dept.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover ad for auto motive repair courses.
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I'm "Uncle" Harry I Will Send You Prizes Like These Without One Cent of Cost

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Character(s): "Uncle Harry" Bard (seen in black and white photo)
First Line: I have been helping boys and girls get prizes and earn money for 37 years.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for American Seed Co., offering prizes or money for the sales of "Uncle Harry" Bard's "famous vegetable and flower seed packs". Color ad on back cover.

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