Does anyon have these Suspense comics?


Joe Webb
 

Does anyone have scans of these two Suspense items? They were released by Marvel and the first two issues had tie-ins with the radio and TV series. The rest became comics much like EC and did not have the tie-in. Some of the stories in these 2 issues were adaptations of scripts. This is for my series research. Issue 1's cover is often for sale as a print for framing.

It is interesting that Suspense was so popular but the magazine lasted only 4 issues and this comic lasted only two before Marvel made a big change in strategy for the title.




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Mark Orr
 

Here they are, as complete as I believe exist anywhere online. The inside front cover of #1 was not scanned, apparently. This link will be good for one week.


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On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 2:21 PM Joe Webb via groups.io <drjoewebb=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
Does anyone have scans of these two Suspense items? They were released by Marvel and the first two issues had tie-ins with the radio and TV series. The rest became comics much like EC and did not have the tie-in. Some of the stories in these 2 issues were adaptations of scripts. This is for my series research. Issue 1's cover is often for sale as a print for framing.

It is interesting that Suspense was so popular but the magazine lasted only 4 issues and this comic lasted only two before Marvel made a big change in strategy for the title.




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Joe Webb
 

I was able to get the comics from a different source -- there's multiple sources online, some suspicious :)

The stories have been broken up into their individual stories.

Some of the stories have obvious tie-ins to the radio scripts but there are three that I could not figure out. There's no guarantee that there is a tie-in but there seems to be. I keep thinking that "Pursuit" is "Black Curtain" but the ending makes me think not. "Bet With Death" is not a perfect match until you get into 3 pages of the comic story -- it may have been adapted from a different version of the script. From some other input I got this morning it seems that there is a consensus that the stories that can't be matched up are standalone stories.
 
Ideas and comments greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone for your help!
 
 
Suspense #1 Alone with Murder (SCRIPT NOT IDENTIFIED).pdf
Suspense #1 Corpse Came Back (Statement of Employee Henry Wilson).pdf
Suspense #1 Graveyard Ghouls (The Body Snatchers).pdf
Suspense #1 Here Comes the Hangman (The Hangman Won't Wait).pdf
Suspense #1 The Bride Vanishes.pdf
Suspense #2 I Bet with Death (Will You Make a Bet with Death).pdf
Suspense #2 Pursuit (SCRIPT NOT IDENTIFIED).pdf
Suspense #2 The Man Who Lived Again (Mr Markham, Antique Dealer).pdf
Suspense #2 When Time Stood Still (SCRIPT NOT IDENTIFIED).pdf


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