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| Strange Suspense Stories was a comic book published in two volumes by Fawcett Comics and Charlton Comics in the 1950s and 1960s. Starting out as a horror/suspense title, the first volume gradually moved toward eerie fantasy and weird science fiction, before ending as a vehicle for the superhero Captain Atom. The title's second volume was more in the horror/suspense vein. Altogether, 72 issues of Strange Suspense Stories were published.
Notable contributors included Steve Ditko, Vince Alascia, Jim Aparo, Pat Boyette, George Evans, Joe Gill, Frank McLaughlin, Bill Molno, Rocke Mastroserio, Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Nicholas, Denny O'Neil, Joe Shuster, and Steve Skeates. |
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| That's actually a Pretty Good article on machine translation on PP 13-14 ... today: Google Translate. |
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| Publication | June 1965 | Price: 0.12 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
| Notes | Cover image taken from first panel of opening story. |
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| Cover | Presents Captain Atom |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Atom |
| Notes | Cover image taken from first panel of opening story. |
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| Featuring | Honor House Products Corp. |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Introducing Captain Atom (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Captain Adam is trapped in an atomic rocket, Captain Atom is born. Captain Atom goes on to stop some enemy agents who had sabotaged a Jupiter Rocket. |
| Credits | Job #: 5694 |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam] (intro); Sergeant Gunner; General Eining |
| Notes | Writer credit of Pat Masulli changed by Mike Nielsen to match info in Action Heroes Archives and other printings of this story. [6/2007] |
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| Featuring | Yubiwaza System |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: N. J. Fleming (photo); Yoshie Imanami (photo) |
| Notes | Between pages 3 and 4 of Introducing Captain Atom. |
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| Text Story | The Magic Box (1.75 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Hugo Vansmyster; Uga Starva |
| Notes | A story and article which deals with the seeming magic of a machine that can translate languages automatically. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On the bottom of the first page of The Magic Box. |
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| Featuring | Zenith Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Atlas Tool Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost of Amy Rector (1 page) |
| Credits | Job #: A-4541 |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Amy Rector |
| Notes | Art ids by Gene Reed. |
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| Comic Story | Captain Atom on Planet X (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Atom guards a new orbital satellite from enemy missiles. |
| Credits | Job #: 6744 |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Atom [Captain Nathaniel Adam] |
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| Featuring | NRI Training |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The 2nd Man in Space (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Atom goes into space to check on the first Russian cosmonaut and finds himself helping save the Russian. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Atom [Captain Nathaniel Adam]; Sergeant Gunner Goslin; Igor Kriss |
| Notes | The Captain's civilian name is given as Allen Adam not Nathaniel Adam. |
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| Comic Story | Out of this World (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | People are puzzled where the strange object orbiting the world came from. |
| Credits | Job #: 3620 |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Yarga; Radmach |
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| Featuring | Palmer-Jones Books |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Between pages 1 and 2 of Out of This World. |
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| Featuring | Bond Book Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for the book How to Hypnotize. |
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| Featuring | American Body Building Club |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bill Butler (photo) |
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| Featuring | Hit Records |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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