(February 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1952-02-06
- Indicia Publisher:
- Song Hits, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Songhits Comics Publication
- Editing:
- Alfred V. Fago
- Format:
- Standard Silver Age US Dimensions; Color; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was ongoing
Issue Notes
Indexer copy has Feb 6 1952 stamp.
The Thing! Presents
table of contents / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Tyler (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Horror
- Synopsis:
- Black and white art located on inside front cover.
Indexer Notes
Unlike every other sequence, this reads Forgione + Tyler, suggesting a possible reversal of roles for the art here.
The Creature From Dimension 2-K-31
comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Tyler (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Horror
- Characters:
- Dr. Eustus Riko (physicist); Zuzo and Katu (alien scientists)
- Synopsis:
- Soldiers fight an otherworldly shape-shifting alien creature during the Korean War.
Grunwald
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Tyler (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Horror
- Characters:
- Joe Curran; Hans Kruger; Arturo
- Synopsis:
- Three men fight to maintain their sanity when they are trapped in a lighthouse and besieged by thousands of hungry, murderous rats.
Nightmare
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Tyler (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Horror
- Characters:
- Hiram Crane
- Synopsis:
- A serial killer randomly decapitates his victims.
Hellfire of Doom
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Tyler (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Horror
- Characters:
- Louis Mann (reporter); Detective Dick Trails
- Synopsis:
- A killer blackmails a city by causing people to spontaneously combust.
Buy the New Hot Rods and Racing Cars Comics
Hot Rods and Racing Cars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Car
- Synopsis:
- Inside back cover ad with promo for Hot Rods and Racing Cars.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Thing! Presents
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2.
The Creature From Dimension 2-K-31
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3.
Grunwald
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4.
Nightmare
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5.
The Thing!
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6.
Hellfire of Doom
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7.
Buy the New Hot Rods and Racing Cars Comics
Hot Rods and Racing Cars
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Gregory Fischer
- Gary L. Watson
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gary L. Watson
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