Suspense (1949) #27

Marvel 1949–1953 series Cover date Feb 1953

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About this issue

Suspense #27 (1949) is issue #27 of Marvel's Suspense (1949–1953), with a cover date of February 1953. Written by Stan Lee and drawn by Dick Briefer, Sam Citron, Fred Kida and others.

Creators

Writer: Stan Lee
Pencillers: Dick Briefer, Sam Citron, Fred Kida, Ed Winiarski
Inkers: Dick Briefer, Fred Kida, Ed Winiarski
Cover artist: Carl Burgos

The stories

“If!”

“Storm Warning!”

A weather forecaster builds a machine to control the weather so that, when he predicts the weather for his boss, he's always right. He becomes frustrated when his boss refuses to give him a raise and builds an ark.

“Terror in the Tropics”

A woman plots to kill her husband and return to civilization, but is struck down by a fly-borne disease.

“The Man Who Killed Himself!”

An artist saves another artist from throwing himself out a high rise window and gives him money to finish his masterpiece. When the beneficiary of the kindness attempts to repay the artist who gave him the money to finish his painting, he takes one look at the painting and throws himself out the window. Saddened, the man reflects he was spared a similar fate months ago as he unwraps the deceased artist's painting and sees it is identical to his own.

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