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CATALOG RECORD

Strange Suspense Stories #5

Fawcett · Series began 1952 · February 1953

Dates

Cover date
February 1953
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bernard Baily, George Evans, Charles Nicholas, Doug Wildeyinks: Bernard Baily, George Evans, Charles Nicholas, Doug Wildeyletters: Charlotte Jetter, Ed Hamiltonscript: Gordon Fawcett, Donald Shaw

Stories

  • The Presence of the Unseen · 11 pages

    An old couple is held hostage by a madman. The invisible ghost of their daughter saves them.

  • Voodoo · 8.67 pages

    Magician Paul Raymond learns about the black magic of voodoo while staying in Havana. He uses his secret knowledge for a Miami stage show - and becomes himself a victim of voodoo.

  • Nine, Ten and Death · 2 pages

    Boxing champ Bill Dawson thinks he is haunted by the ghost of his trainer. But the old man turns up very alive, after a stay at the hospital. They reunite happily.

  • The Letters · 10 pages

    The loving nephew John goes on a business trip and leaves his aunt Martha to the care of the servants, Joseph and Minerva. These two hope to inherit the house should something happen to John. It does; and all seems well until letters from the deceased John start to arrive.

Reprinted in

Monster Hunters (1978), Ghostly Tales Album (1980)

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