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Issue: The Thing #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1953
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Indicia Publisher: Capitol Stories, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Thing

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Lou Morales (signed)
Lou Morales
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
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Miscellaneous
1
Hell Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Forgione (signed)
Bob Forgione
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?
Subject Matter
horror
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.
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Miscellaneous
7
Spiderman and His Web of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Forgione (signed)
Bob Forgione
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?
Subject Matter
horror
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".
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Miscellaneous
6
The Thing From the Deep

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
horror
In Calvo Bay a sea monster strikes out of the fog and devours people standing on the pier.
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Miscellaneous
2
Give the Devil His Due

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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John Belfi (signed)
John Belfi
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?
Subject Matter
horror
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.
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Miscellaneous
3
The Gorgon's Claw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Belfi (signed)
John Belfi
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
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.
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Miscellaneous
7
cover story
The Ghosts of Gombi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Lou Morales (signed)
Lou Morales
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Fisherman meets the ghosts of pirates.
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Miscellaneous
1
Haunt of the Vampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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TC (Collier?)
TC
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?
Subject Matter
horror
Next to a Cuban plantation lies a swamp, inhabited by vampires. A jewel thief seeks shelter there, but has to lure other people into their doom.
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Miscellaneous
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