Suspense (1949) #16

Marvel 1949–1953 series Cover date Apr 1952

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Suspense #16 (1949) is issue #16 of Marvel's Suspense (1949–1953), with a cover date of April 1952. Written by Stan Lee and Carl Wessler and drawn by Fred Kida, Frank Sieminsky, Pete Tumlinson and others.

Creators

Writers: Stan Lee, Carl Wessler
Pencillers: Fred Kida, Frank Sieminsky, Pete Tumlinson, Ogden Whitney
Inkers: Fred Kida, Frank Sieminsky, Ogden Whitney
Letterer: Joe Letterese
Cover artist: Sol Brodsky

The stories

“Alone in the Dark!”

Ten-year-old Donald Dugan is scared to death of his creepy Uncle Claude. One night, his parents go out for the evening, leaving Uncle Claude to watch over Donald. Claude reveals that he hates the Dugans because they are always threatening to kill him. He will avenge himself upon them by killing their son at the stroke of midnight. As the clock chimes midnight, Claude goes to attack, but Donald transforms into a werewolf and kills Claude instead. His parents return home. They lament the fact that their son was born a werewolf instead of a vampire like they are.

“My Coffin Is Crowded”

A convict makes a deal with a man that, in exchange for half the stolen loot, he will dig him up if he climbs into a marked coffin with a recently deceased inmate. The ruse works, and he is buried, but hours go by and no one comes to dig him up. He lights a match and sees that the body next to him is the man who was supposed to dig him up.

“The Place”

“The Corpse”

A diver kills an old man for his map of a sunken freighter loaded with gold and then gets his air hose snagged by the corpse.

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