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Cover of Suspense (1949) #3

Suspense (1949) #3

Marvel 1949–1953 series Cover date May 1950

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About this issue

Suspense #3 (1949) is issue #3 of Marvel's Suspense (1949–1953), with a cover date of May 1950. Drawn by Allen Bellman, Gene Colan, Vern Henkel and others.

Creators

Pencillers
Allen Bellman, Gene Colan, Vern Henkel, Joe Maneely
Inkers
Vince Alascia, Allen Bellman, Joe Maneely

The stories

“The Man Who Lost His Head!”

Mr. Lee challenges Kirk to learn the secrets of Jivaro headshrinking. Kirk ventures to Ecuador and hires Napo to help him find the Jivaro, but Napo leads Kirk into a cave and reveals himself to be a Jivaro headshrinker and then shrinks Kirk's head while he's still alive.

“The Black Pit”

Nelson befriends Simon but as their mine tunnels under a cemetery the miners are haunted by spirits. Simon's daughter Nelda helps guide Nelson to safety after a mine collapse, even though Nelda is dead herself.

“Mind Over Murder!”

Rand investigates a series of murders and finds he's the killer, suffering from memory lapses which caused him to forget what he'd done.

“The Creature Who Didn't Exist!”

Charles discovers Stella is cheating on him so creates Mr. Blank to murder her and Mark. However, Mr. Blank is troubled by being an instrument of death and frames Charles for the killings, then destroys himself.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.