(August 1952)

Charlton, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Outstanding Comics, Inc.
Brand
An Outstanding Comics Publication
Editing
Alfred V. Fago
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was ongoing

The Thing (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Fago (Signed)
Inks
Al Fago
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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The Hounds of Dartmoor (Table of Contents: 1)

Things You Should Know / 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".

I Was A Zombie (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fago (Signed)
Inks
Al Fago
Colors
?
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.
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Indexer Notes

cover story

The Promise of Ying Ko (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Tyler (signed)
Inks
Al Tyler
Colors
?
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.

The Unseen Thing (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A student of Indian Shawnee Theology wrestles in a university lab with an invisible demon from the beyond.

The Petrified Ghost (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
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.

Partners In Death (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Belfi (signed)
Inks
John Belfi
Colors
?
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.
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Twins of Doom (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
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.

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

Things You Should Know / 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.

Indexer Notes

1/2 page inside back cover

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Thing
  2. 1. The Hounds of Dartmoor
    Things You Should Know
  3. 2. I Was A Zombie
  4. 3. The Promise of Ying Ko
  5. 4. The Unseen Thing
  6. 5. The Petrified Ghost
  7. 6. Partners In Death
  8. 7. Twins of Doom
  9. 8. ["Weird flickering lights called 'corpse candles'..."]
    Things You Should Know
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