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Cover of Suspense (1949) #28

Suspense (1949) #28

Marvel 1949–1953 series Cover date Mar 1953

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About this issue

Suspense #28 (1949) is issue #28 of Marvel's Suspense (1949–1953), with a cover date of March 1953. Written by Stan Lee and drawn by Bill Everett, Al Hartley, Joe Maneely and others.

Creators

Writer
Stan Lee
Pencillers
Bill Everett, Al Hartley, Joe Maneely, Jim Mooney, Chuck Winter
Inkers
Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Jim Mooney, Chuck Winter
Cover artist
Bill Everett

The stories

“With Intent to Kill!”

Lucas goes to work for Creeze, intending to learn where the old man's money is hidden and then kill him. He finally ties Creeze up and leaves him outside the house while he searches it but accidentally starts a fire while examining the fireplace and burns to death inside. The money was in Creeze's wheelchair all along.

“Two Hands!”

Mike is selling a statue with no hands. Barker offers him $10,000 for a version with hands. Unable to obtain a copy, Mike sacrifices his own hands to the statue.

“He Walks with a Ghost”

After dying while helping the abusive Joe, Al's ghost arranges Joe's death. However, Joe becomes a ghost and resumes slapping Al around.

“You've Got to Kill Me!”

Blake tells Hurley he's going to die. Hurley hires Barton to murder him but then Blake explains he mixed-up his records and Hurley will live. Hurley tries to keep Barton from killing him but fails. Then Barton learns he's the one whose records Blake had been looking at.

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