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Issue: The Thing #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1952
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Issues: #3 of 17 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: An Outstanding Comics PublicationView Brand Images
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)
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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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The Thing

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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Weird Wonders

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Genres: horror, non-fiction
Synopsis: Account of unbelievable facts.
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Pages: 1
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The Clutch of Doom

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: 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.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #16 published June 1974
as The Clutch of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Ghost Town Ghost

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Genres: horror, western
Character(s): Dude Fenley; Old Cady; Pancho; Sherrif (unnamed)
Synopsis: 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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The Marching Dead Men

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Genres: horror, war
Synopsis: 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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What Was It! The Adventure of Two Ghostbreakers

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: 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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Crypt of the Vampire

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Penciller(s): Martin (signed)
Inker(s): Martin (signed)
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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Rumanian castle Zangra is still inhabited by its vampire baron. Two visiting smugglers meet their untimely fate.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #16 published June 1974
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Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: 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.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #17 published July 1974
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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Things You Should Know

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Account of a Welsh hag, the "Gwarch y Rhibyn".
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Disclose Notes: Backcover ad for Television Bank.

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