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Suspense 21

Atlas Tales

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Published December 1949 – April 1953
Issue Numbers 1 – 29
Total Issues 29
Suspense 21 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

Stories

Credits
Stan Lee script signed Tony DiPreta pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Hank Chapman script signed Dan Loprino pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
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.
Credits
Carl Hubbell pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Horrible Death.
Credits
Ed Winiarski pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
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."
Credits
William Weltman pencils guess Jack Abel inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
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.
Credits
Manny Stallman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Great panel compositions. Signed in tiny letters right next to the wolf woman's left foot in the splash.
Credits
Edward Goldfarb pencils signed Bob Baer inks signed
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information