Publishers / Charlton / Strange Suspense Stories (1955) / #53
53May 1961
$0.10

Strange Suspense Stories #53

Charlton · May 1961 · on sale 1961-02-02

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Identification plate

Series
Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
May 1961
Key date
1961-05-00
On-sale date
1961-02-02
Indicia publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Ice Princesscover1pencils: Maurice Whitman; inks: Maurice Whitman
1A Winner Every Timecomic story5script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Molno; inks: Vince Alascia
2The Fabulous Mancomic story8script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Molno; inks: Sal Trapani
3Merlin the Magiciantext story2letters: typeset
4The Idolcomic story5script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Molno; inks: Vince Alascia
5The Ice Princesscomic story5script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Jon D'Agostino

Printings and variants

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