The Thing
#10
(September 1953)
Charlton,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Capitol Stories, Inc.
- Brand
-
A Capitol Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (editor)
in 
Flower of Evil
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- 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
Indexer Notes
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.
Into the Fire
comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Indexer Notes
Style consistent with story "Change in Script!" in "Lawbreakers Suspense Stories" #13, also from Charlton.
Rain of Terror
comic story / 2 pages
- 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
Darkness
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Apocalypse strikes mankind, caused by the world's lowliest inhabitants - worms.
- Reprints
Death Has Three Fingers
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- 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
Mark of Violence
comic story / 4 pages
- 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
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thing
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1.
Flower of Evil
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2.
Into the Fire
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3.
Rain of Terror
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4.
Darkness
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5.
Death Has Three Fingers
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6.
Mark of Violence
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7.
The Devil's Kiss
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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