On eBay
As an eBay Partner, I may be compensated if you make a purchase
Searching eBay…
Series
Suspense 23
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- October 1952
- Issue Notes
- There is no text story in this issue.
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Broadcast Features Publications, Inc.
- Cover Titles
- Vampire Beware!
The Man In Black!
Death and Mr. Marko! - Cover Credits
-
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed
- Contributions
-
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Issue Overview
Suspense #23 was published by Broadcast Features Publications, Inc. in October 1952. It is part of the Suspense series, which ran from December 1949 to April 1953.
Cover credits include Bill Everett.
Atlas Tales indexes 8 stories for this issue, including "Molu's Secret!." Indexed story credits include Stan Lee and Carmine Infantino, among others.
Stories
Molu's Secret!
Credits
Contributors:
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Carmine told me one time Gil Kane worked with him on many stories in
this period. He could never look at a story and tell me if Kane was in any
of them, though. - Doc V.
Death And Mr. Marko
Credits
Joe Sinnott pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: B-151 by Joe Sinnott's records!!! - Doc V.
Suspense Sanctuary
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Vampire, Beware!
Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed
Bill Everett letters attributed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Michaël Dewally: Story Scan
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Michaël Dewally: Story Scan
Notes: The letters page mentions the fact that many favorite letters were recieved for the
story Hate in the previous issue. Hate was a preachy shocker about a guy in Korea
discriminating against his fellow soldiers, who in the end of the story doesn't get helped
by the medics, because he has red hair and the medic has always hated redheads. Clearly,
this was an attempt to imitate the succes of the EC preachies if not the tone of the letters
page. Stan Lee promises more similar stories in future issues, but I can't really recall if any
actually appeared. Stan Lee had a short memory span even then. One of the letter writers
was a S. Martin of New Jersey. Anyone know where Steve Martin lived?
The Return Trip
Credits
Cal Massey pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Signed on the moonrocks on the right.
Notes: In this case the name refers to a man from outer space. But he does have a cape
such as the (later?) Powell version has.
The Ugly Man
Credits
Stan Lee script signed
Joe Maneely pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Stan Lee gag story
Skin Deep
Credits
Syd Shores pencils unsigned
Mort Lawrence inks guess
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Looking for the full run? Browse the Suspense checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.