Strange Stories of Suspense #6

(December 1955)

The Illusion! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Benulis (signed)

Inks

Bill Benulis (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-930

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Richard Cole

Synopsis

Cole tells his psychiatrist how a comet eliminated all life on Earth except himself - he informs the psychiatrist that he's a hallucination. However, the psychiatrist maintains he's the last man on Earth and Cole is his own hallucination.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #90 [B]
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #11 ([circa 1962])
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #99 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #128 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #158 ([circa 1981 - 1982])

The Baton (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob McCarthy (illustration)

Inks

Bob McCarthy (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

H-91

Reprints

• in Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #55 (November 1956) [as "The Secret"]
which is reprinted
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #3 (1963)
• in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #56 (September 1957) [as "Maestro Ricardo"]
which is reprinted
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #5 (1960)

The Totem! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett

Job Number

H-120

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Al Clark; Adams; Lew Grover; Pete Knowles

Synopsis

Clark's men find an Inuit who has a golden totem pole. They take the pole, but when nearly home they awaken to find they've shrunk over night and the totem is gone. They return to reclaim the totem, but the same thing happens again as they near home. Each of Clark's men abandon him as he becomes shorter until he's transformed into a face on the totem pole by aliens, friends of the Inuit man.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #11 ([circa 1962]), #139 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #231 ([circa 1985 - 1986])
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #7 (2009)

Keywords

Inuit; totem pole

Power! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

H-40

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Ronnie

Synopsis

Ronnie is confronted by sorcerers who reveal his family's divining rod is actually a magic wand which they need to regain power. Ronnie burns the wand.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #11 ([circa 1962]), #139 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #231 ([circa 1985 - 1986])

Keywords

divining rod

I Dare You to Look! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Robert Q. Sale (signed)

Inks

Robert Q. Sale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-849

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Stephen Adams; Percival Crane

Synopsis

Stephen is always telling lies and Percival prosecutes him for them. Stephen discovers an opening in a tree which leads to the future and shows it to Percival. When Stephen and Percival try to tell others, they're both branded liars.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68, #15 (1963 ?)

Keywords

time travel

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per bibliography published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 24, # 10, October 2013.

The Third Arm! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-982

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Johnny Evans; Mac Sutter; Ray; Frank

Synopsis

Johnny tells Mac how he discovered an underground world populated by three-armed men who vowed to transform him into one of their ranks. Johnny fled and has been running since. Then Mac reveals he's one of the three-armed men.

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #17 (1962)
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #58 (1965 ?)

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 25, No. 10, October 2013.