The Thing
#16
(September 1954)
Charlton,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (credited as Designed by Al Fago Studios) (editor)
Nothing He Couldn't Do!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Inks
- Ernie Bache (signed as Ayers)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Four shipwrecked men are stranded on a cannibal island and captured immediately. While three of them have high hopes of surviving for some days, the natives torture the ship’s handy mechanic Jonesy.
- Reprints
-
in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #22 ([August 1975]) -
in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #8 (2010) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1999-A - The Giant Readers Thing (2019)
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Indexer Notes
Bache inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Dick Ayers.
Death of A Gambler!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Bill Molno (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Wealthy Jeff Traynor loses all at gambling and becomes a derelict. When he finds a magic deck of cards it's too late to get back on his feet again.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Molno pencils per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/10/joe-shusters-charlton-ghost.html
Tara Tusta
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A group of soldiers and friendly natives are besieged by a warrior tribe. Legendary witch doctor Tara Tusta saves the day with deadly magic.
- Reprints
Picture of the Future
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Sy Moskowitz (signed)
- Inks
- Sy Moskowitz (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Two gangsters rob an exhibition and come into possession of a magic scroll which forecasts their future. They are confronted with pictures of violence and doom.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?"
Mental Wizard!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Don Brunt killed his wife and got away with the crime. "Mentalist" Menlo reads his mind and starts blackmailing him. The two men confront each other on a fateful fishing trip.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.
The Crusher
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Sadistic plantation owner Barney Tragg flogs his wife's lover to death with a whip. Afterwards he comes for his unfaithful wife, but gets dragged into quicksand mire.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?"
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thing
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1.
Nothing He Couldn't Do!
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2.
Death of A Gambler!
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3.
Tara Tusta
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4.
Picture of the Future
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5.
Mental Wizard!
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6.
The Crusher
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- James Ludwig
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Mike White
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