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Suspense 21

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Published December 1949 – April 1953
Issue Numbers 1 – 29
Total Issues 29
Suspense #21 (1952) | Charlton Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
August 1952
Issue Notes
There is no text story in this issue.
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Broadcast Features Publications, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
The Ghost of Grimm Towers
Up From The Grave!
No Escape!
Terror At Midnight!
 
Cover Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Suspense #21 was published by Broadcast Features Publications, Inc. in August 1952. It is part of the Suspense series, which ran from December 1949 to April 1953.

Cover credits include Bill Everett.

Atlas Tales indexes 8 stories for this issue, including "The Ghost Of Grimm Towers!." Indexed story credits include Stan Lee and Tony DiPreta, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.

Stories

Notes: It's the old story idea about a convict who escapes through the desert but ends up handcuffed to a dead man's body. The Spirit used it.
Notes: Horrible Death.
Notes: Introduction seeks reader feedback: "We want to print the kind of suspense stories you like to read, and this is your chance to tell us what you do like, and what you don't care for." Letter are to be addressed to Stan Lee, Editor. A reader who wrote, "I don't like mystery stories. I like stories about love. And also stories about Cowboys," is told, Don't miss out top-notch love magazine True Secrets, on sale every month, and also Wild Western." Another reader comments "I like Joe Maneely's and Russ Heath's drawing the best."
Notes: Story inspired by the tale of Bluebeard in Charles Perrault's Les Contes de ma Mère l'Oye (1697). On page 2, a "dull-witted" fellow has a copy of "Kiddie Tales" comics in his pocket.
Notes: Great panel compositions. Signed in tiny letters right next to the wolf woman's left foot in the splash.

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