Strange Suspense Stories

Strange Suspense Stories
Cover of Strange Suspense Stories #16 (Jan./Feb. 1954), the first issue of the title published by Charlton Comics. Cover art by Dick Giordano.
Publication information
PublisherFawcett Comics
Charlton Comics
ScheduleBi-monthly
FormatAnthology
GenreSuspense
Science fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Publication datevol. 1:
June 1952 – Feb. 1953 (Fawcett)
Jan./Feb. – Nov. 1954 (Charlton)
Oct. 1955 – Oct. 1965 (Charlton)
vol. 2:
Oct. 1967 – Sept. 1969
No. of issuesvol. 1: 63
vol. 2: 9
Creative team
Written byJoe Gill, Steve Skeates, Denny O'Neil
Artist(s)Steve Ditko, Jim Aparo, Pat Boyette, Rocke Mastroserio, Frank McLaughlin, Bill Molno, Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Shuster
Penciller(s)George Evans, Charles Nicholas
Inker(s)Vince Alascia, Sal Trapani
Editor(s)Pat Masulli, Sal Gentile

Strange Suspense Stories is a comic book that was published in two volumes by Fawcett Comics and Charlton Comics in the 1950s and 1960s. Starting out as a horror/suspense title, the first volume gradually moved toward eerie fantasy and weird science fiction, before ending as a vehicle for the superhero Captain Atom. The title's second volume was more in the horror/suspense vein. Altogether, 72 issues of Strange Suspense Stories were published.

Notable contributors included Steve Ditko, Vince Alascia, Jim Aparo, Pat Boyette, George Evans, Joe Gill, Frank McLaughlin, Bill Molno, Rocke Mastroserio, Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Nicholas, Denny O'Neil, Joe Shuster, and Steve Skeates.


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