Strange Suspense Stories #48

A glowing, energy-charged figure arcs skyward on the left while startled onlookers react with fear in the panels to the right — Steve Ditko's cover for this 1960 Charlton issue crackles with the eerie, otherworldly tension he did so well. The lead story, "The Human Powerhouse," introduces us to George Clinton, a 37-year-old accountant whom, as the cover text explains, Mother Nature has singled out to receive a strange and terrifying power. Rounding out the package are two additional tales — "The Time Skipper" and "Lost Treasure" — making this a genuinely packed issue of Strange Suspense Stories.