The Thing #14
(June 1954)

Charlton, 1952 Series
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Rumpelstiltskin (Table of Contents: 1)

The Thing / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here we are again, dear readers. Welcome to my library of fairy tales.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Thing (host)
Synopsis
The demon Rumpelstiltskin wants to get his hands on soft, human skin. To hide the person and tattoo on it the patterns of the damned. Rumpelstiltskin coaxes a poor miller's daugher into a fatal deal.
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The Evil Eye! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Thing / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Memling
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For years hatred seethed openly in the bizarre Cairo household.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Thing (host)
Synopsis
Warren Cairo plans on murdering his wife Gerda. But she's a witch and knows how to handle the imminent danger. Cairo ends up branded, drowned and eaten by rats.
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Indexer Notes

Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.

Mr. Kon Shuns (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Letters
typeset
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A group of the leading citizens of the Big City were assembled in the meeting hall at the hotel.
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A small man named Mr. Kon Shuns is conscience incarnate. His appearance causes each gangster in town to die.
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Doom in the Air (Table of Contents: 4)

The Thing / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Memling
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The time: several years ago.
Genre
horror-suspense; western-frontier
Characters
The Thing (host)
Synopsis
Wes Brewster is lynched by the Jones brothers. Years later he is awakened by an atom bomb test, stalking his wrongdoers and leaving a trail of radiation poisoning behind him.
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Indexer Notes

Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.

Inheritance! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ever believe in curses, spells, threats, legends?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Archeologists Carl Ramen and John Marko discover an Egyptian tablet describing an age-old curse concernng themselves.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Rumpelstiltskin
    The Thing
  3. 2. The Evil Eye!
    The Thing
  4. 3. Mr. Kon Shuns
  5. 4. Doom in the Air
    The Thing
  6. 5. Inheritance!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Smith
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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