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Issue: The Thing #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1952
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Indicia Publisher: Outstanding Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alfred V. Fago
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Thing

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Albert Tyler (signed)
Albert Tyler (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
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Miscellaneous
1
Weird Wonders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Belfi (signed)
John Belfi (signed)
?
Subject Matter
horror
Account of unbelievable facts.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Clutch of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Forgione (signed)
Bob Forgione (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Galvin manor has been cursed by the previous owner. Anyone digging for the treasure hidden in the cellar will be attacked by Henry Galvin's skeleton hand.
Reprinting
FlagDoomsday #16 published June 1974
as The Clutch of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Ghost Town Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Belfi (signed)
Dick Giordano (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Dude Fenley; Old Cady; Pancho; Sherrif (unnamed)
Western outlaw Dude Fenley and his gang murder the prospector Old Cady and take off with his gold by kidnapping a train. However a ghostly apparition derails the train.
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Miscellaneous
4
The Marching Dead Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Forgione (signed)
Bob Forgione (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Two US-American pilots are forced to land in Mongolia, behind enemy Korean lines. They join a march of living dead, led by a shaman, returning to their home soil. Leading the zombies into attack, the two fliers make it back to their home base.
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Miscellaneous
7
What Was It! The Adventure of Two Ghostbreakers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
horror
Two "ghostbreakers" stay the night in a haunted house to prove it habitable. In the morning one of them lies dead in his bed. No explanation is ever found.
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Miscellaneous
2
Crypt of the Vampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Martin (signed)
Martin (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Rumanian castle Zangra is still inhabited by its vampire baron. Two visiting smugglers meet their untimely fate.
Reprinting
FlagDoomsday #16 published June 1974
as Crypt of the Vampire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Albert Tyler (signed)
Albert Tyler (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
James Garth is not only an antiques dealer, but also the middleman of a dope-smuggling ring. He employs the services of a demon to get back at all those who betrayed him financially. When Garth takes on the king-pin of the drug racket, he is in for a surprise, because his demon won't show.
Reprinting
FlagDoomsday #17 published July 1974
as Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Cover story.
Things You Should Know

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Belfi
John Belfi
?
Subject Matter
horror
Account of a Welsh hag, the "Gwarch y Rhibyn".
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Half page inside back cover.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Half page inside back cover promo for various other Charlton titles.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
Backcover ad for Television Bank.

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