Description
Suspense #18, published by Atlas Comics (predecessor to Marvel Comics), cover dated May 1952. This pre-Code horror anthology title features the iconic skull-faced host figure on the cover alongside a coffin marked R.I.P., with the featured story 'The Cozy Coffin' highlighted on the cover banner. Atlas horror comics from this era are highly collectible, representing the golden age of pre-Code horror publishing, and Suspense was one of Atlas's flagship horror anthology titles running from 1949 to 1953. The cover art exemplifies the dramatic, macabre style characteristic of early 1950s horror comics that would later draw scrutiny from the Kefauver Committee.
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Suspense #18 Atlas Comics May 1952 Pre-Code Horror Comic Book
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May 31, 2026 12:00 PM EDTNorthridge, CA, United States
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