The Thing #7

(March 1953)

Hell Ship (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks:

Bob Forgione

Colors:

?

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.

Spiderman and His Web of Doom (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks:

Bob Forgione

Colors:

?

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".

The Thing From the Deep (Table of Contents: 3)

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.

Give the Devil His Due (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Belfi (signed)

Inks:

John Belfi

Colors:

?

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:

• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #10 - Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Scary, They're Good! (Volume 3) (September 2015)

The Gorgon's Claw (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Belfi (signed)

Inks:

John Belfi

Colors:

?

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.

Indexer Notes

cover story

The Ghosts of Gombi (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Morales (signed)

Inks:

Lou Morales

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Fisherman meets the ghosts of pirates.

Haunt of the Vampire (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

TC (Collier?)

Inks:

TC

Colors:

?

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.