The Thing
#3
(June 1952)
Charlton,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Outstanding Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
An Outstanding Comics Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (editor)
Weird Wonders
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Belfi (signed)
- Inks
- John Belfi (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Account of unbelievable facts.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Clutch of Doom
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Galvin manor has been cursed by the previous owner. Anyone digging for the treasure hidden in the cellar will be attacked by Henry Galvin's skeleton hand.
- Reprints
Ghost Town Ghost
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Belfi (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; western-frontier
- Characters
- Dude Fenley; Old Cady; Pancho; Sherrif (unnamed)
- Synopsis
- Western outlaw Dude Fenley and his gang murder the prospector Old Cady and take off with his gold by kidnapping a train. However a ghostly apparition derails the train.
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #15 ([June 1975]) - in Ghostly Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #[nn] ([January 1981]) [“The Thing” banner removed from every page of story.]
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1999-A - The Giant Readers Thing (2019)
-
- Keywords
- gold; train
The Marching Dead Men
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war
- Synopsis
- Two US-American pilots are forced to land in Mongolia, behind enemy Korean lines. They join a march of living dead, led by a shaman, returning to their home soil. Leading the zombies into attack, the two fliers make it back to their home base.
- Reprints
What Was It! The Adventure of Two Ghostbreakers
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Two "ghostbreakers" stay the night in a haunted house to prove it habitable. In the morning one of them lies dead in his bed. No explanation is ever found.
- Reprints
Crypt of the Vampire
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Rumanian castle Zangra is still inhabited by its vampire baron. Two visiting smugglers meet their untimely fate.
- Reprints
Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- James Garth is not only an antiques dealer, but also the middleman of a dope-smuggling ring. He employs the services of a demon to get back at all those who betrayed him financially. When Garth takes on the king-pin of the drug racket, he is in for a surprise, because his demon won't show.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Cover story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thing
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1.
Weird Wonders
-
2.
The Clutch of Doom
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3.
Ghost Town Ghost
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4.
The Marching Dead Men
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5.
What Was It! The Adventure of Two Ghostbreakers
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6.
Crypt of the Vampire
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7.
Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall
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8.
Things You Should Know
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9.
[no title indexed]
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10.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- James Ludwig
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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