The Thing
#7
(March 1953)
Charlton,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Capitol Stories, Inc.
- Brand
- An Outstanding Comics Publication; A Capitol Publication
- Editing
- Alfred V. Fago
in 
Hell Ship
comic story / 7 pages
- 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
Spiderman and His Web of Doom
comic story / 6 pages
- 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
The Thing From the Deep
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In Calvo Bay a sea monster strikes out of the fog and devours people standing on the pier.
- Reprints
Give the Devil His Due
comic story / 3 pages
- 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
The Gorgon's Claw
comic story / 7 pages
- 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
Indexer Notes
cover story
The Ghosts of Gombi
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Fisherman meets the ghosts of pirates.
- Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thing
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1.
Hell Ship
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2.
Spiderman and His Web of Doom
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3.
The Thing From the Deep
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4.
Give the Devil His Due
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5.
The Gorgon's Claw
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6.
The Ghosts of Gombi
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7.
Haunt of the Vampire
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- Daniel Thingvold
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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