Publishers / Fawcett / Strange Suspense Stories (1952) / #5

5February 1953
$0.10

Strange Suspense Stories #5

Fawcett · February 1953

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Series: Strange Suspense Stories (Fawcett, 1952 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: February 1953
Key date: 1953-02-00
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Charlotte Jetter
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset
2	The Presence of the Unseen	comic story	11	pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; letters: Charlotte Jetter	Hiram/John; unnamed (old lady); lunatic (unnamed)
3	Voodoo	comic story	8.67	pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles Nicholas; letters: Ed Hamilton
4	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Gordon Fawcett
5	Nine, Ten and Death	text story	2	script: Donald Shaw
6	The Letters	comic story	10	pencils: Doug Wildey; inks: Doug Wildey; letters: Ed Hamilton
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset

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