Sunday, October 5, 2025

Comic SUSPENSE (Part Six)

(1) "Dr. Sleuth."
Unsigned.
Suspense Comics Number 12, September 1946.
Vignette (1 page).
Online at Comic Book Plus (HERE; select page 35).

Characters: Dr. Sleuth, two policemen, John, John's best man, and Mary.
Story: Sometimes the absence of evidence is evidence itself.

(2) "Something Personal."
Unsigned.
Suspense Comics Number 12, September 1946.
Vignette (2 pages).
Online at Comic Book Plus (HERE; select pages 49-50).

Characters: Gordon Brand, Dave Stephens, and Corliss Stephens.
Story: Death lurks everywhere, but no one would ever expect it to come 
from this direction . . .
References: a loan shark (Wikipedia HERE), "a deed in fee simple" 
(Wikipedia HERE), and "the splattering of blood" (Wikipedia HERE).

Resources:
- Comic SUSPENSE (Part One) is (HERE), (Part Two) is (HERE), (Part Three) is (HERE), (Part Four) is (HERE), (Part Five) is (HERE), and (Part Six) is (above).
- They call him "The Sleuth of Baghdad," a title he's earned (HERE), (HERE), and (HERE).

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