(October 1952)

Fawcett, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Editing
Will Lieberson (executive editor); Roy Ald (editor); Al Jetter (art editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Evans
Inks
George Evans
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Cover Thumbnail for Strange Suspense Stories (Fawcett, 1952 series) #3
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Brother Volcano! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Evans
Inks
George Evans
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The (Italian?) village of Arbendino is taken over by ruthless investors and the good people are driven from their homes. But a volcano inhabiting the soul of the village founder’s brother watches over them and destroys the invaders with streams of molten lava.
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Port of Terror! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The oil slick lay upon the waters like a leaden mass, foul and reeking in the fogbound Cairo port.
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The gambler Wolf Merique beheads an angry sailor cheated by him at cards. Now he gets chased all over his boat by the headless corpse in search for a head.
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St. André (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John C. Adler (credited)
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Gold prospectors in Alaska find out that their native guide is a "loup garou", a werewolf.

Indexer Notes

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Mirrors Tell Tales! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mo Marcus
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio ?
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The embezzler Andrew Crosston undergoes plastic surgery to escape police prosecution. As he kills the doctor operating on him, Crosston is cursed to see his former face in any reflecting surface.
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Indexer Notes

Marcus pencils per Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Possible Mastroserio inks per Nick Caputo.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Brother Volcano!
  4. 3. Port of Terror!
  5. 4. St. André
  6. 5. Mirrors Tell Tales!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Dan Kurdilla
  • Stephen Mitchell
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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