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Issue: Amazing Stories of Suspense #54
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Issues: #54 of 245 Issues (246 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 68
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Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
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Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Grave on Lucifer's Ledge

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Suspense Stories #70 published May 1964
was Grave on Lucifer's Ledge [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Grave on Lucifer's Ledge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Josef Marcos
First Line: In 1891, a richly laden four-master under full sail sped down the channel...
Synopsis: Miserable Josef Marcos meets his fate on Lucifer's Edge.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: A-3453
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The Boy Who Could Fly!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Bobby Wilson; Johnny
First Line: Here's Bobby Wilson, folks--
Synopsis: Bobby Wilson learns he can fly, a gift from his father.
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Pages: 8
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The Space Broomstick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Archie Worple; Waldo; Max
First Line: The government had established a rocket test site at Applenock---
Synopsis: No one can explain the strange abilities of Archie Worple's broomstick.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Hidden Talents of Archie Worple." Introduction from original story removed for this reprint.
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The Ghostly Crew

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Elias Fragg
First Line: Historians have never solved the mystery of the Mary Celeste...
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Pages: 8
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The Spectral Skater

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Pierre Menton; Marie Farette
First Line: Truth is stranger than fiction it is said --
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: script credit via Will Murray in COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE # 119 (January 2005)
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Number 8723

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: crime
Character(s): Detective Al Norton; Detective Ben Egan; Chief Edward Mirkus; Dave Novack; Louis Wineman [also as Philip Simon] (villain)
First Line: "When I retire" declared Al Norton of special squad,E
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His Brother's Keeper

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Larry Collins; Dave Collins (his brother)
First Line: Larry Collins had lost his nerve somewhere in the void.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K384
Disclose Notes: Credit information from www.atlastales.com.

For more information on the writer credit see: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/748
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Spirit of Frankenstein

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Daniel Warren (nuclear scientist); Marcia Duncan (Warren's fiancee); Professor Lambert Pardway (villain, Warren's lab assistant, death)
First Line: Atomic scientists have long realised how closely molecular motion resembles life itself---
Synopsis: Dr. Warren succeeds in inventing a plastic skin that looks and feels like living tissue, and decides to create a radio-controlled synthetic man coated with the substance over a bullet-proof steel frame. But Warren's assistant is jealous and contrives to add his own touch to the synthetic man...a brain...his own brain, that will give him a measure of fame that he feels he deserves and control over the creature.
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Pages: 9
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The Liquid of Life!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ralph Porter; Teddy
First Line: Ralph Porter's search for treasure led him to the most astonishing discovery of all time!
Synopsis: 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.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: L887
Disclose Notes: Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
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The Thing at the Bottom of the Sea

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Genres: horror
Character(s): John Mitchell; Undine
First Line: A deserted mansion built on a 5000-foot ridge of the Colarado rockies
Synopsis: John Mitchell dives for gold, but finds a woman named Undine who haunts him for 50 years instead.
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Pages: 8
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Spirits Can Be Good Joes!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Vic Terris; Harry Ryan
First Line: You've read ghost stories galore-and trembled!
Synopsis: The residents of the Unknown want to improve their reputation, so they help a teenage hoodlum by showing him how badly his life will turn out unless he reforms.
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Ghost Ship of Nova Scotia

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Genres: fantasy
First Line: Want to see a real honest-to-goodness ghost ship, reader?
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Companion Comics in This Series

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: Text: "Companion comics in this series - available monthly - Suspense - Sinister Tales - Creepy Worlds - Secrets of the Unknown - Uncanny Tales - Astounding Stories - Out of This World - Weird Planets - Place your order now"

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