Strange Stories of Suspense, #15

Published: June 1957

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Issue Contents:
I Went Inside the Hidden World!
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits from www.atlastales.com. Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

Doomsday!
Storyline

When a crook finds gold outside of a Gypsy camp he tells them a story about a large meteor landing nearby soon in order to get them to leave. They go, but while he is staking his claim, a large meteor actually does land on him.

Story Notes

Woodbridge credits per Michael J. Vassallo and Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com. Frank Motler previously credited Sol Brodsky.

The Liquid of Life!
Storyline

A diver finds the fountain of youth in an undersea city, but when he drinks the water, he finds can no longer breathe air and must remain in the sea.

Story Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

The Man Who Forgot
Storyline

This story postulates that Robinson Crusoe was a time traveler from the future who was using a defective machine and got stranded.

Credits
Story Notes

Kweskin credit per atlastales.com. Frank Motler previously credited Sol Brodsky.

The Sinister Suit
Storyline

When a tramp picks up a suit from a murdered man, he dreams of the events which led up to his death and so leads the police to the body.

I Went Inside the Hidden World!
Storyline

A nightwatchman who works for a research lab observes a diamond through a microscope in a tiny world that scientists have developed a transportation device for. He goes to the world and swipes the diamond, but when he returns to his normal size, the diamond remains microscopic.

Story Notes

This may be a re-titled script by Wessler (originally "I Went Down into the Deep Well"). Info per Wessler biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 30, No. 8, August 2019.

The Terrible Timepiece!
Storyline

A thief steals a watch that can halt gravity. He tries to sell it to communists who test it out by flying a bomber over an enemy capital. When the bomb bay doors open, the bomb hangs suspended in air until it detonates.

Credits
Story Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

The Weight of the World

"The thin-faced, scrawny little fellow who walked into Harry's gym one night looked terribly embarrassed."

Story Notes

Text story with illustration.

Statement of Ownership
Story Notes

Stan Lee listed as editor. Appears on second page of text story.