The Thing
#12
(February 1954)
Charlton,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (credited as Designed by Al Fago Studios) (editor)
The Thing
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. J. Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. J. Ditko)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1299 - The Complete Thing: Volume 3, #1420-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury - 1954 - in Steve Ditko's The Thing! (Pure Imagination, 2006 series) (2006) [cover]
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #1 - Strange Suspense (October 2009) [cover]
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #1 - Strange Suspense (2014)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1999-A - The Giant Readers Thing (2019)
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Indexer Notes
First published comic book cover by Steve Ditko.
Cinderella
The Thing / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, once again, dear readers...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Thing (host)
- Synopsis
- Cinderella is being kept slave by her vampire sisters. She leaves home without permission - to warn the prince of an imminent vampire attack.
- Reprints
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1420-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury - 1954
-
in Ghostly Haunts (K. G. Murray, 1981 series) (1981) - in Steve Ditko's The Thing! (Pure Imagination, 2006 series) (2006)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #1 - Strange Suspense (October 2009)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #1 - Strange Suspense (2014)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1999-A - The Giant Readers Thing (2019)
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Indexer Notes
Cover story.
Melvin Comes Home!
The Thing / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Melvin was miserly about everything but his love for his employer's beautiful wife.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Thing (host)
- Synopsis
- With the aid of Amazonian native Jagarta, Melvin disposes of a rival. When Melvin refuses to pay Jagarta for his services, he finds himself to be on the receiving end of a black magic spell.
- Reprints
The Thing's Revenge
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Henry Cooper, owner of Cooper's Motel and Cottages in Ellendale, wasn't a very happy man.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A publicity stunt takes on a life of its own. Around a haunted house supernatural things begin to happen.
- Reprints
The Mummy's Curse!
The Thing / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Belfi (signed)
- Inks
- John Belfi (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How would you like to make a date with a gal three thousand years old?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Thing (host)
- Synopsis
- Egyptian mummy comes alive in a modern laboratory and runs amok.
- Reprints
Food For Thought
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's that special food we've been working on night and day, Lambert...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A thief stealing animal food and eating it turns into a snake-man.
- Reprints
The Sound of Death
The Thing / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dr. Horatio Grevius was a rich ear surgeon who was madly in love with music...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Thing (host)
- Synopsis
- Scorned amateur musician Horation Grevius constructs an ultra-sonic violin to murder his critics. But his cunning plan has a flaw.
- Reprints
Greed....
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony Tallarico (signed as Anthony Tallarico)
- Inks
- Tony Tallarico (signed as Anthony Tallarico)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greed... takes many forms... lust for money, thirst for power, selfish desire for fame...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lord Sansone; witch (unnamed)
- Synopsis
- Lord Sansone wants to know all of his ancestors and conjures them to appear before him. In the end a prehistoric gorilla springs at him.
- Reprints
- in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #5 ([1974] ?)
- in Ghostly Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #13 ([October 1980]) [“The Thing” banner removed from both pages of story.]
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1999-A - The Giant Readers Thing (2019)
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- Keywords
- castle; witch
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thing
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1.
Cinderella
The Thing -
2.
Melvin Comes Home!
The Thing -
3.
The Thing's Revenge
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4.
The Mummy's Curse!
The Thing -
5.
Food For Thought
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6.
The Sound of Death
The Thing -
7.
Greed....
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Brian Dobbelaere
- James Ludwig
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- James Zee
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