Strange Suspense Stories (1952 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1960-1962
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Issue #50
Published Nov 1960 by Fawcett/Charlton.$19.00
View scan- Staple rust.
$16.75
View scans- Writing on back cover.
Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Short tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror with twist endings. A prospector is aware of someone else hanging around his silver mine, but he's not sure if it's a claim-jumper or a ghost. In the far future year of 1986, anthropologist Don Johnston drinks a psychotropic native potion and has visions of the end of the world...in two weeks. Jim is trapped in the mountains by a winter storm and beset by wolverines, in a story with early art (and cover) by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The Ghost in Ryan's Mine; The Incredible Visions; Uncle George's Magic Room; Strange New Friends; The Advancing Ant Army; Devil in the Storm. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #51
Published Jan 1961 by Fawcett/Charlton.$14.25
- Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.
Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Short tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror with twist endings. A farmboy who loves to look at the stars gets instructions from a strange otherworldly voice on how to build a certain machine. Prospectors are divided by greed over a mineral claim, in a modern version of a classic Western story - only this time the mineral is uranium, not gold. Tuck's new car doesn't just have its own personality, it has its own memory. Star Gazer; The Fatal Treasure; The Secret of Outer Space; Pack on the Back; The Car With a Memory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #52
Published Mar 1961 by Fawcett/Charlton.$15.00
- Cover detached. Puncture through both cover and all wraps.
- 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust and Migration.
Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Short tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror with twist endings. A strange tornado seems to be targeting Kansas farmer Ray Baldwin personally. Something about the spare room in Clyde's new apartment boosts his mental capacity so much, he figures out how to rule the world. Survivors of a nuclear war find a new planet of Stone Age hominids and become determined to keep them from repeating their planet's mistakes, in a story with early art (and cover) by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The Strange Tornado; The Room of Genius; His Other Self; The Death Spiders; The Heritage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #53
Published May 1961 by Fawcett/Charlton.$6.50
View scans- Cover detached at one staple.
$5.60
$5.40
View scan$4.40
View scan- 1 1/2" cumulative spine split. Center 2 wraps detached.
$4.40
View scan- 3" Cumulative spine split.
- Staple rust. Rust migration. Cover detached.
Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Short tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror with twist endings. Scientist and compulsive gambler Dr. Ackerman discovers his supercomputer can be used to determine the outcome of games of chance, but he shouldn't have let that gangster find out about it. A man who feels faceless and forgotten seeks a time and place where he matters. Stranded at the North Pole, a Navy pilot encounters Vikings from a bygone era, in a story with early art (and cover) by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. A Winner Every Time; The Fabulous Man; Merlin the Magician; The Idol; The Ice Princess. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #59
Published Jun 1962 by Fawcett/Charlton.$14.00
View scan- 3/4" Spine split from top.
$2.80
Cover by Bill Molno. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Short tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror with twist endings. A steelworker has a superhuman tolerance for heat, and that's just the way he likes it. A man changes his life after a near-death experience gives him a glimpse of the Beyond. Eccentric hypnotist Ranga uses radio to become a mad dictator, with his listeners in his thrall. The Heat Worshipper; The Barking Dog!; The Beyond; The Lucky Ones; Ranga's Eye. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
