The Thing
#6
(January 1953)
Charlton,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Capitol Stories Inc.
- Editing
- Al Fago (editor)
The Thing
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
in 
The Tale of a Salem Witch
comic story / 1 page
- 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
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
The Weird Tale of the Rock Bound Ghost
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- 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
in Vengence Will Be Mine
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- 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
The Riddle of Benares
text story / 2 pages
- 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
The Warlock of London
comic story / 8 pages
- 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
An Ancient Ghost Story
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Roman philosopher Athenodorus follows a ghost and is led to a hidden treasure.
- Reprints
Jibaro Madness
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed as "BF")
- Inks
- Bob Forgione (signed as "BF")
- Colors
- ?
- 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
Indexer Notes
cover story
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thing
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1.
The Tale of a Salem Witch
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2.
The Weird Tale of the Rock Bound Ghost
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3.
Vengence Will Be Mine
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4.
The Riddle of Benares
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5.
The Warlock of London
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6.
An Ancient Ghost Story
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7.
Jibaro Madness
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- James Ludwig
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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