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Issue: Strange Suspense Stories #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #4 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/24/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Will Lieberson (executive editor); Roy Ald (editor); Al Jetter (art editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 236.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Man Who Outdistanced Death

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover is a cropped version of the story's splash panel.
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for Strange Suspense Stories.
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Curiosity Killed the Ghost

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: The ghost of Markham Avery leaves the graveyard. He ventures into the village to solve the mystery of his own murder.
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In Content Item: FlagSpellbound #60 published January 1965
as Curiosity Killed the Ghost [Illustration on Cover, Front]Splash page used as cover.
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Pages: 12
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Beyond the Grave

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: The stage magician Renaldo experiments with suspended animation and goes into a coma. But his assistant Jason considers leaving him that way and taking over Renaldo's act.
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Pages: 10
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Beast of the Borgias

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Mark Borgay goes treasure hunting in the ruins of an Italian villa. He discovers a bat-like creature which poisons him to death.
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Pages: 2
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The Man Who Outdistanced Death!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Chief Whitecould Comatok; Georgie Kerrik
Synopsis: Chief Whitecloud Comatok is the greatest long distance runner on record. When rival Georgie Kerrik finds out his secret of success, he is caught in a race for life itself.
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2010
as The Man Who Outdistanced Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A cropped version of the splash panel is used for the cover.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for Worlds of Fear.
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. House ad for Beware! Terror Tales.

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