Strange Stories of Suspense #16

(August 1957)

The Eighth Wonder of the World (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Richard Doxsee (signed)

Inks

Richard Doxsee (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Job Number

M-294

Synopsis

Four conmen come up with an idea to dig up a giant that they plant in the earth and exhibit it to make money but they disturb a real giant with their scheme.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #5 (1963 ?)

Only One Returned! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

John Forte (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

M-278

Synopsis

Two men descend into a cave shaft and one plots to dispose of the other so that he can marry his girlfriend. He cuts the rope and the other man falls into the river, but he gets rescued, and the evil man gets stuck in quarantine due to the uranium contamination.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14, #181 ([circa 1978 - 1979])

The Swami's Secret (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Bean

Inks

Bob Bean

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

M-277

Synopsis

A mind-reading swami is undone when he comes across an individual he believes is an alien preparing to invade. He signs a confession to the police that he has been swindling wealthy clients for years but thinks the occasion is important enough to reveal his secret ability. The police check his story, but it turns out that 'alien' is an actor preparing a role.

Reprints

• in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #22
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14
• in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #15 (January 1975)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #181 ([circa 1978 - 1979])

Indexer Notes

Art credits from www.atlastales.com.

The Second-Hand Man! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

M-223

Synopsis

When a law-abiding man buys a used car that had belonged to an executed gangster, he finds himself behaving in reckless and aggressive ways.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #147 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #183 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #220 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #37 (2018)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from www.atlastales.com.

The Missing Tooth (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

K-440

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith

Synopsis

A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.

Reprints

• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #45 (September 1956) [as "The Missing Tooth"]
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14

The Missing Sun (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Matt Fox (signed)

Inks

Matt Fox (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

M-238

Synopsis

A giant insect blots out Earth's sun and even more giant creatures save Earth by getting the insect to leave.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #147 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #183 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #220 ([circa 1984 - 1985])

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

Bewitched! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Powell (signed)

Inks

Bob Powell ?

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Job Number

M-268

Synopsis

The book of Genda, a yogi fanatic, holds a town paralyzed until a man's glasses slip off his face and light magnified through one of the lenses burns up the pages.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14