CATALOG RECORD

Suspense #1

Marvel · Series began 1949 · December 1949

Dates

pencils: Bob Powell, John Buscemainks: Bob Powell, Chu F. Hingletters: Marty Epp, Artie Simekscript: Stan Lee

The Graveyard Ghouls! · 8 pages
Dr. Arnold buys corpses from Mrs. Slade's gang. However, the police capture the gang in the act. The "dead body" they sold Arnold turns out to be Peggy, who was to rob the house during the night. Arnold falls in love with Peggy and decides to marry her while the rest of Mrs. Slade's gang are arrested.
The Corpse Came Back! · 6 pages
Henry kills his boss Dobbs at night, but Tom sees him leaving. Henry seemingly kills Tom and leaves his body in Charles' office, but the next day Henry keeps seeing Tom around the office. Henry is driven mad and leaps out the building to his death, not realizing the police arranged for Tom to ply at Henry's guilty conscience by posing as his own ghost.
The Curse of the Coin · 2 pages
The Bride Vanishes! · 8 pages
Tom and Lucy stay at a villa where Josephine Adams once mysteriously disappeared from a balcony. The same thing happens to Lucy, but she's found in the Blue Grotto below and saved in a boat. The boat tips over and Countess Luchesi drowns, but Count Luchesi admits that his jealous wife was the person hurling women from the balcony.
Here Comes the Hangman! · 8 pages
Helen is about to be hung for murdering Philip, but Dr. Wise proves the actual killer was Herbert.
Alone with Murder! · 7 pages
Beth mistakes Marty for the killer targeting women in New York.