The Thing
#11
(November-December 1953)
Charlton,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics, Inc.
- Brand
-
A Capitol Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover is a slightly altered version, artwork and colour, of the page one splash page (or vice versa).
in 
Hansel and Gretel
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A young couple is forced to spend the night at a ghoulish witch's house. The witch's evil plans are thwarted, but not like in the fairy tale.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.
The Glitter of Evil
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Sid Check (signed) ([as SC])
- Inks
- Sid Check (signed) ([as SC])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Pearl diver Craig Mandeville starts robbing pearls from natives until they trick him and send him underwater to meet his deserved fate in the form of a giant octopus.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.
Smog Over Shoreville
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A deadly cloud from out of nowhere wipes out the population of three small towns.
- Reprints
Beyond the Past!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Morales (signed)
- Inks
- Lou Morales (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A professor tries out an encantation from the infamous "Necronomicon". His daughter rushes in - to find only a man's remains.
- Reprints
Deep Freeze
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An arctic military expedition stumbles upon a primeval monster living under the ice and is killed instantly.
- Reprints
Blind Vengeance
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- John Belfi (signed) ([as Belfi])
- Inks
- John Belfi (signed) ([as Belfi])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The gambler Leslie Carter kills the caretaker of his fortune to get his hands on all the money. But he's haunted by his victim's ghostly apparition and takes a deadly dive down a staircase.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Thing
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1.
Hansel and Gretel
-
2.
The Glitter of Evil
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3.
Smog Over Shoreville
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4.
Beyond the Past!
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5.
Deep Freeze
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6.
Blind Vengeance
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Richard Thomson
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Mike White
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