Gwandanaland Comics #1999-A - The Giant Readers Thing

(2019)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Thing / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #1 (February 1952)

The Thing! Presents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #1 (February 1952)

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 (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Eustus Riko (physicist); Zuzo (alien scientist); Katu (alien scientist)

Synopsis

Soldiers fight an otherworldly shape-shifting alien creature during the Korean War.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #1 (February 1952)

Grunwald (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

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.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #1 (February 1952)

Nightmare (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hiram Crane

Synopsis

A serial killer randomly decapitates his victims.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #1 (February 1952)

The Thing! (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A vampiric wraith called "The Thing" curses the last of the Scotsworths by turning him into an ageless zombie.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #1 (February 1952)

Hellfire of Doom (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Louis Mann (reporter); Detective Dick Trails

Synopsis

A killer blackmails a city by causing people to spontaneously combust.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #1 (February 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

The Thing Presents (Table of Contents: 9)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

John Belfi (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

The Red Death (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A terrible and deadly plague ravages a medieval king's land. While his peasants die, the king holds a masquerade ball. But the "red death" enters as an unwelcome visitor.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

El Toro Diablo (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A boy with the looks and the horns of a bull becomes famed matador Tomas Hernandez. He undergoes plastic surgery and wins the love of senorita Inez, but fighting bulls proves to be his doom.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

The Witch's House (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A demolition crew trying to demolish a witch's house is killed one by one.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

The Creature (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction

Synopsis

The earth is befallen by mysterious cancerous growths. The alien creature escapes its prison in the tank and battles an evil planet causing the mutations. On its return to a saved earth the creature is being hit by a passing meteor.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

Indexer Notes

Part two of a story begun in the last issue.

The White Rat (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler ? (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione ? (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A doctor is bullied by his strong assistant. He invents a muscle growth serum and goes for payback.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

Impossible? (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Account of unlikely events.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Albert Tyler (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

Weird Wonders (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; horror-suspense

Synopsis

Account of unbelievable facts.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

The Clutch of Doom (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

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

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

Ghost Town Ghost (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

Dick Giordano (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense; western-frontier

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

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

The Marching Dead Men (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

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

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

What Was It! The Adventure of Two Ghostbreakers (Table of Contents: 21)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

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

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

Crypt of the Vampire (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Martin (signed)

Inks

Martin (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Rumanian castle Zangra is still inhabited by its vampire baron. Two visiting smugglers meet their untimely fate.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

Mirror, Mirror, on my Wall (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Albert Tyler (signed)

Inks

Albert Tyler (signed)

Letters

?

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

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

Things You Should Know (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi

Inks

John Belfi

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Account of a Welsh hag, the "Gwarch y Rhibyn".

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #3 (June 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Al Fago (Signed)

Inks

Al Fago

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

Things You Should Know (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Giordano (signed)

Inks

Dick Giordano

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Account of phantom hounds of Dartmoor, allegedly the inspiration for the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles".

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

I Was a Zombie (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Fago (Signed)

Inks

Al Fago

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Engineer Alden Blake is called to Haiti to build a dam. When he ecounters zombie slave laborers, Blake threatens to go public. He is turned into a zombie himself, but manages to take revenge.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

Indexer Notes

cover story

The Promise of Ying Ko (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Tyler (signed)

Inks

Al Tyler

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Synopsis

Skipper Steve Payne makes a living cruising the waters off the Chinese coast. After saving the life of a man called Ying Ko, Payne himself gets rescued years later by the now turned "pirate king" Ying Ko.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

The Unseen Thing (Table of Contents: 29)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A student of Indian Shawnee Theology wrestles in a university lab with an invisible demon from the beyond.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

The Petrified Ghost (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A sculptor is crushed to death by one of his statues. But his blood (and ghost) are absorbed by the sandstone. The statue comes alive and pursues his criminal business partners.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

Partners in Death (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Ray Bruce withhelds heart pills from his business partner Howard Croft, thus killing him slowly. But Croft's ghost returns to haunt his former associate.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

Twins of Doom (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Identical twins Peter and Paul Leverett are going to meet again after a ten-year separation. A rival steps in and kills Paul, sending Peter into (by twin-magic) a coma and summoning the local sheriff. Investigation of Peter's coma leads to the detection of Paul's murder.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

Things You Should Know (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Giordano ?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Weird flickering lights called 'corpse candles'...

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Account of floating lights phenomena predicting deaths.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #4 (August 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Morales (signed)

Inks

Lou Morales

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Terry was right about this wax museum.

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #5 (October-November 1952)

The Thing Presents (Table of Contents: 35)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lou Morales (signed)

Inks

Lou Morales

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #5 (October-November 1952)

Indexer Notes

Contents page.

Curse of Karnak (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Professor Ambrose carelessly revives the mummy of King Mentu and sets free a plague of Egyptian gods running amok in the excavation camp.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #5 (October-November 1952)

Harmony of Horror (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Jim Shervin kills Bruno Augustin, the rival for his love of the beautiful Cleo. The pianist's ghost comes back from the dead and haunts his murderer by moving objects around via acoustical vibrations.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #5 (October-November 1952)

The Frustrated Ghost (Table of Contents: 38)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Captain Isaac Humboldt dies in a steamship crash on the Mississippi. His ghostly apparition appears many miles away to his mother and his brother.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #5 (October-November 1952)

Murderers' Row (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tex Blaisdell

Inks

Tex Blaisdell

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Strange things happen in and around Professor Caglio's wax exhibition of murderers through history. Can Elsa and boyfriend Terry escape when trapped in the storage room?

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #5 (October-November 1952)

Indexer Notes

Cover story for issue #5.

The Tavern of Terror (Table of Contents: 40)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Collier (signed)

Inks

Collier

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Young man spends the night in an inn haunted by an old female vampire. The fiend appears and warns him to stay, but the man won't listen and has to pay for his stubbornness with his life.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #5 (October-November 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Things You Should Know / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Morales (signed)

Inks

Lou Morales

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Banshee, strange family ghost...

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Three panels informing about the habits of banshees.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #5 (October-November 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

The Tale of a Salem Witch (Table of Contents: 43)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Art Capello

Inks

Dick Giordano

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A witch helps a man regain his stolen horses. She lets a ship sink so that the animals can swim ashore.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

The Weird Tale of the Rock Bound Ghost (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A gang of smugglers encouters ghosts from the past at a lighthouse. In helping the ghosts settle an old score, the men are promised a gold treasure. Overwhelmed by human greed, they dismiss a warning and drown tragically.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

Vengence Will Be Mine (Table of Contents: 45)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Giordano (signed)

Inks

Dick Giordano (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two businessmen commit theft and murder, but frame their partner for the crimes. But Howard Pell is revived by a scientist and returns from the grave. In the end, justice has been served.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

The Riddle of Benares (Table of Contents: 46)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

On an assignment in Benares, India, two cameramen spot a mysterious native woman clad in white. Trying to take her picture, the Devil Woman curses them and brings death to one of the men.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

The Warlock of London (Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Collier (signed)

Inks

Collier (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The witcher Rego takes human form by using magic brews and terrorizes London society in the disguise of Lord Harwood. The fearless lawyer Percy Wynbrock hunts him down and can kill the fiend in a duel with magic swords.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

An Ancient Ghost Story (Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Giordano (signed)

Inks

Dick Giordano (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; horror-suspense

Synopsis

Roman philosopher Athenodorus follows a ghost and is led to a hidden treasure.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

Jibaro Madness (Table of Contents: 49)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione [as "BF"] (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione [as "BF"] (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Explorers searching for the secret of head-shrinking are captured by madman Maximo. He shrinks them to doll size and prepares to cut their heads off. The miniature people overpower their tormentor and escape. But they run into unexpected difficulties.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

Indexer Notes

cover story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lou Morales (signed)

Inks

Lou Morales

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)

Hell Ship (Table of Contents: 51)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Three bank-robbers make their escape on a haunted ship. The ghost of cruel captain Cray enslaves them as his crew and finally tortures them to death.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)

Spiderman and His Web of Doom (Table of Contents: 52)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Mr. Nemo lets a young couple - the Trasks - rent his house. Transforming himself into a giant spider, Nemo lures his lodgers to the attic and drains their blood. Trask however succeeds in battling the "spiderman".

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)

The Thing From the Deep (Table of Contents: 53)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

In Calvo Bay a sea monster strikes out of the fog and devours people standing on the pier.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)

Give the Devil His Due!! (Table of Contents: 54)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi

Letters

?

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Synopsis

A farmer makes a pact with the devil. When time comes to pay the devil his "due", said farmer gives the devil some "dew" from the fields - because there was a typo in the contract.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)

The Gorgon's Claw (Table of Contents: 55)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

When strange murders occur at Carlton College, professor Thaddeus spreads rumors of a Gorgon attack - to make himself interesting for the lovely co-eds. Thaddeus begins to kill rivals and troublemakers with a bronze Gorgon claw. In the end he has to learn the identity of the true mythical beast.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)

Indexer Notes

Cover story for issue #7.

The Ghosts of Gombi! (Table of Contents: 56)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Morales (signed)

Inks

Lou Morales

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Fisherman meets the ghosts of pirates.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)

Haunt of the Vampire (Table of Contents: 57)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

TC (Collier ?)

Inks

TC

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Next to a Cuban plantation lies a swamp, inhabited by vampires. A jewel thief seeks shelter there, but has to lure other people into their doom.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 58)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's the ghosts of my ancestors...

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #8 (April 1953)

The Ghost of Abbey Playhouse (Table of Contents: 59)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Eric Abbey inherits a decrepit London theatre. When he opens Abbey Playhouse again to the public, the ghosts from the past won't allow it and bring the place down.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #8 (April 1953)

Indexer Notes

Cover story for issue #8.

A Grave Situation (Table of Contents: 60)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Dying Mike Trenton tells his doctor a fantastic tale: the ghost of the man he killed while on a treasure hunt followed the party and took them out one by one.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #8 (April 1953)

The Riddle of Glamis (Table of Contents: 61)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Strange things happen in the legendary Macbeth castle.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #8 (April 1953)

The Green Mass (Table of Contents: 62)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A ship's crew is attacked by a living mass produced by atomic tests nearby.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #8 (April 1953)

Vein of Irony (Table of Contents: 63)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A vampire is loose in a hospital, but drinks poisoned blood.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #8 (April 1953)

The Haunted Bridge (Table of Contents: 64)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The account of a haunted bridge in Wales, England.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #8 (April 1953)

Death Has Deep Roots (Table of Contents: 65)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A bunch of gangsters kill an old man for his hidden treasure. Having them cursed with his dying breath, the group dies one by one in grotesque fashions.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #8 (April 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 66)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #9 (July 1953)

Mardu's Masterpiece (Table of Contents: 67)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Etienne Mardu, Parisian art painter, gains success by painting with blood. First his own, then his models'. But the magic canvases come to life and put an end to Mardu's grisly career.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #9 (July 1953)

The Road to Madness (Table of Contents: 68)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Vince Alascia (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

crime; horror-suspense

Synopsis

The sadistic and ruthless collector of gems, Francisco de Cobra, hears about the world's largest diamond. He travels to the Amazonian jungles to get his hands on the item - and murders all his companions while he's at it.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #9 (July 1953)

The Skull Stretchers (Table of Contents: 69)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A party of soldiers is annihilated by head-hunting natives while trekking through the African jungle.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #9 (July 1953)

Operation Massacre (Table of Contents: 70)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Madman Marko controls an army of robots by pure thought. On his way to world domination he makes one fatal mistake.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #9 (July 1953)

The Dead Man's Hand (Table of Contents: 71)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A cruel master pianist is killed by his wife and her lover. The maestro's hand however returns and strangles every single soul in the household.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #9 (July 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 72)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Forgione

Inks

Bob Forgione ?; Vince Alascia ?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #10 (September 1953)

Flower of Evil (Table of Contents: 73)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Evil botanist Stanley Budd (sic!) kills for a formula which makes his flowers grow into enormous proportions. But what about the ants hiding in the grass?

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #10 (September 1953)

Into the Fire! (Table of Contents: 74)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Stan Asch

Inks

Stan Asch

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

As assistant in a crematorium, Charley Burns (sic!) plans to dispose of the body of his murdered boss, but gets himself trapped inside the flames and perishes.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #10 (September 1953)

Indexer Notes

Style consistent with story "Change in Script!" in "Lawbreakers Suspense Stories" #13, also from Charlton.

Rain of Terror (Table of Contents: 75)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

When a scientist gets robbed, the mysterious seeds he carried with him start growing and unleash a plague of Biblical proportions.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #10 (September 1953)

Darkness (Table of Contents: 76)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Apocalypse strikes mankind, caused by the world's lowliest inhabitants - worms.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #10 (September 1953)

Death Has Three Fingers (Table of Contents: 77)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Vince Alascia (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Inspector Corgan is assigned to investigate the brutal slayings of a werewolf. But why is he troubled by dizzy spells, black-outs and splitting headaches every time the moon is full?

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #10 (September 1953)

Mark of Violence (Table of Contents: 78)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi ?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

When brave villagers capture a vampire, it is the mayor's task to perform certain rituals on the creature's body to make sure it will not rise again. The mayor however plans to sell the head to a museum in the city.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #10 (September 1953)

The Devil's Kiss! (Table of Contents: 79)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

Vince Alascia

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

This year's king of the Mardi Gras is the devil himself. He runs off with a woman who was foolish enough to throw herself in his arms.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #10 (September 1953)

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 80)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Forgione

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #11 (November-December 1953)

Hansel and Gretel (Table of Contents: 81)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Vince Alascia (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A young couple is forced to spend the night at a ghoulish witch's house. The witch's evil plans are thwarted, but not like in the fairy tale.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #11 (November-December 1953)

The Glitter of Evil (Table of Contents: 82)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Sid Check (signed) [as SC]

Inks

Sid Check (signed) [as SC]

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Pearl diver Craig Mandeville starts robbing pearls from natives until they trick him and send him underwater to meet his deserved fate in the form of a giant octopus.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #11 (November-December 1953)

Smog Over Shoreville (Table of Contents: 83)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A deadly cloud from out of nowhere wipes out the population of three small towns.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #11 (November-December 1953)

Beyond the Past! (Table of Contents: 84)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Morales (signed)

Inks

Lou Morales (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A professor tries out an encantation from the infamous "Necronomicon". His daughter rushes in - to find only a man's remains.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #11 (November-December 1953)

Deep Freeze (Table of Contents: 85)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Vince Alascia (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

An arctic military expedition stumbles upon a primeval monster living under the ice and is killed instantly.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #11 (November-December 1953)

Blind Vengeance (Table of Contents: 86)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

John Belfi (signed) [as Belfi]

Inks

John Belfi (signed) [as Belfi]

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The gambler Leslie Carter kills the caretaker of his fortune to get his hands on all the money. But he's haunted by his victim's ghostly apparition and takes a deadly dive down a staircase.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #11 (November-December 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 87)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)

Indexer Notes

First published comic book cover by Steve Ditko.

Cinderella (Table of Contents: 88)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

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

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

Melvin Comes Home! (Table of Contents: 89)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Dick Ayers (signed)

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Dick Ayers

Genre

horror-suspense

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

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)

The Thing's Revenge (Table of Contents: 90)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A publicity stunt takes on a life of its own. Around a haunted house supernatural things begin to happen.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)

The Mummy's Curse! (Table of Contents: 91)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Egyptian mummy comes alive in a modern laboratory and runs amok.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)

Food For Thought!!! (Table of Contents: 92)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A thief stealing animal food and eating it turns into a snake-man.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)

The Sound of Death (Table of Contents: 93)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Scorned amateur musician Horation Grevius constructs an ultra-sonic violin to murder his critics. But his cunning plan has a flaw.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)

Greed.... (Table of Contents: 94)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Anthony Tallarico (signed)

Inks

Anthony Tallarico

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Lord Branding wants to know all of his ancestors and conjures them to appear before him. In the end a mutant gorilla springs at him.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 95)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)

Keywords

demons; grimoires; magic

Library of Horror (Table of Contents: 96)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Horror writer Ken Rolland searches for inspiration by dabbling with black magic. If he makes a kill, he would be offered trips to the Netherworld. Rolland becomes a famed author, but one day he makes the mistake of murdering his own fiancé.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)

Indexer Notes

Cover story. The Executive editor of the fictional Chilling Mysteries is named Allen Fargo, similar to real Charlton editor Al Fago.

Die Laughing! (Table of Contents: 97)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko ?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A group of boys enter a haunted house for their initiation into a college frat. One by one they go missing.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)

Indexer Notes

Storyline very similar to "House of Horror" (Haunt of Fear #15[1]) from May 1950.

The Witch Fish (Table of Contents: 98)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A witch drowned in the 17th century in a countryside lake in England, comes back as a hag faced fish creature and gets revenge on all of the male descendants of the man who executed her.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)

A-Tisket A-Casket! (Table of Contents: 99)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Tallarico (signed)

Inks

Tony Tallarico (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two explorers discover an Egyptian sarcophagus and a surprise inside.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)

Avery and the Goblins (Table of Contents: 100)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Avery Calhoun, an old prospector, enters a castle full of cannibal goblins hoarding a treasure. His exploration runs smoothly until he comes to the treasure.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)

Poor Fish! (Table of Contents: 101)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

?

Inks

Chic Stone ?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A pickpocket hides in an aquarium. He climbs into a tank of innocent looking small fish.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 102)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #14 (June 1954)

Rumpelstiltskin (Table of Contents: 103)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

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.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #14 (June 1954)

The Evil Eye! (Table of Contents: 104)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

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.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #14 (June 1954)

Mr. Kon Shuns (Table of Contents: 105)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A small man named Mr. Kon Shuns is conscience incarnate. His appearance causes each gangster in town to die.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #14 (June 1954)

Doom in the Air (Table of Contents: 106)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense; western-frontier

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.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #14 (June 1954)

Inheritance! (Table of Contents: 107)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Archeologists Carl Ramen and John Marko discover an Egyptian tablet describing an age-old curse concernng themselves.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #14 (June 1954)

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 108)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #15 (July-August 1954)

The Worm Turns (Table of Contents: 109)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction

Synopsis

Biologist Norman Thoma breeds an invulnerable super-worm and turns it loose on mankind. Humanity seems to be doomed.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #15 (July-August 1954)

Indexer Notes

Cover story for issue #15.

Day of Reckoning! (Table of Contents: 110)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Three sailors kill the shipbuilder Jezab Grimm and board him up on his ship, the Mermaid. The Mermaid travels the seas for years and hunts down all of the murderers.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #15 (July-August 1954)

Comeback! (Table of Contents: 111)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Drama at the carnival: Flexo the rubber man kills snake lady Satana for her money. Returning to the scene of the crime some time later, Flexo is confronted by a vengeful Satana.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #15 (July-August 1954)

Tunnel To Terror (Table of Contents: 112)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

While excavation work for an underground garage goes on, an undead witch rises from the ground and kills five workmen.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #15 (July-August 1954)

If Looks Could Kill! (Table of Contents: 113)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Surgeon Gustave Savage is kidnapped by the hypnotist Merlin. In an ensuing fight, Merlin blinds the doctor, but is killed. Savage transplants the dead man's eyes for his own and can see again. With fatal consequences, because his looks literally kill.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #15 (July-August 1954)

Family Mixup (Table of Contents: 114)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The Becks, skinny husband and fat wife, hate each other and plot their spouse's demise. They succeed.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #15 (July-August 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 115)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Kirkel ?

Inks

Steve Kirkel ?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #16 (September 1954)

Indexer Notes

cover art is similar to the Jack Davis-esque art signed by "Kirk" in "Through the Looking Glass" (The Thing # 17). "Kirk" is the pen name for Steve/Stephen Kirkel.

Nothing He Couldn't Do! (Table of Contents: 116)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (signed) [as Ayers]

Inks

Ernie Bache (signed) [as Ayers]

Letters

Dick Ayers

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Four shipwrecked men are stranded on a cannibal island and captured immediately. While three of them have high hopes of surviving for some days, the natives torture the ship’s handy mechanic Jonesy.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #16 (September 1954)

Death of a Gambler! (Table of Contents: 117)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Memling

Pencils

Bill Molno [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Vince Alascia (signed)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter