| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | In 10 Minutes of Fun a Day I Changed Myself (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos);? | Inks:? (photos);? |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Inside cover ad in black and white.
Indicia at the bottom of page. |
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| Comic Story | Give Back My Body (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The body of Lefty Riccardi dies in the electric chair, but his mind has been transferred to broker John Billings. Two detectives solve this mystery. |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Horror-suspense |
| Notes | cover story. Molno art per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/10/joe-shusters-charlton-ghost.html |
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| Comic Story | All Burnt Up (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gangster Blenheim hides at the house of a friend. A boy living there gives him nothing but trouble. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html |
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| Comic Story | Surprise Package (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gustav Perrin steals a miniature atom bomb, but loses it to a suicidal stranger who jumps off a building with it. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Write-in contest for readers to send in their story ending. |
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| Text Story | Destructive Death (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Violinist Jan Sagoro can collapse buildings by playing the right "vibrating point". He blackmails the city. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | You Know Too Much! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A "Mr. Average American" turns knife murderer at night and seeks the professional help of a psychiatrist. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | A Nice Quiet Place! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tony and Chopper enter their quiet hideout in the mountains, but get attacked by a mountain lion. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | High Tension (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The surviving acrobat falls as well and lands on the unfaithful wife. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Reader's ending to write-in contest in "Strange Suspense Stories" #16 |
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| Advertisement | Complete Baffling Magic Outfit 20 First Class Illusions (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for various magic tricks. |
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| Advertisement | Now Fly Like a Bird! |
| Featuring | Stravon Publishers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad offering a book titled "The Birdman - The Story of Leonardo Da Vinci", for 98-cents plus postage - with a free 10-day trial. Ad features such enticing ad copy as "Now any adventure loving boy can build Da Vinci's flying wings with just ordinary carpenter's tools. Remember these are not toy wings but real Da Vinci flying wings." |
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| Advertisement | How to Hypnotize |
| Featuring | Stravon Publishers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for ordering book on How to Hypnotize. |
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| Advertisement | Gain More Weight in 10 Days Or Your Money Back! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover ad for modern medical technique to put more weight on lean bodies. |
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| Advertisement | Friends! Here's How to Get at Almost No Cost Your New Real, Live Miniature Dog |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photos) | Inks:?;? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Mrs. Ruth Long (Gift Manager Dean Studios); miniature dog |
| Notes | Ad for photograph enlargement prints, offering a free miniature dog as an incentive premium. Full figure Back cover ad with photo of the miniature dog saying "Please give me a home" via a comic-style dialogue balloon. A penciled and inked woman's hand holds the dog (seen as a photo) in her palm.
Head and shoulders photo of Mrs. Ruth Long also speaking via a comic-style dialogue balloon and quoted in the text copy of the ad... "I'll be happy to send you without you paying a penny, this loveable, young, miniature dog that is so tiny when even fully grown you can carry it in your pocket or hold it in one hand, yet it barks and is a reliable watch dog as well as a pet. You can keep it in a shoebox and enjoy many amusing hours teaching it tricks... active, healthy, intelligent, and clean." |
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| Advertisement | Any Photo Copied |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Bottom of back cover ad offering 20 billfold size prints of any photo for one dollar. Cash, as well as checks or money orders, is accepted by mail - with any enclosed photos. The two photo reproduction vendors sharing this page could very well be the same entity, as both are in Des Moines, IA. On final interior page of the comic.. |
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