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Issue: The Thing #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1953
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Issues: #8 of 17 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Capitol PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Capitol Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 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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The Ghost of Abbey Playhouse

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Eric Abbey inherits a decrepit London theatre. When he opens Abbey Playhouse again to the public, the ghosts from the past won't allow it and bring the place down.
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Pages: 7
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A Grave Situation

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Dying Mike Trenton tells his doctor a fantastic tale: the ghost of the man he killed while on a treasure hunt followed the party and took them out one by one.
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The Riddle of Glamis

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Strange things happen in the legendary Macbeth castle.
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The Green Mass

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Genres: horror, science fiction
Synopsis: A ship's crew is attacked by a living mass produced by atomic tests nearby.
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Vein of Irony

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: A vampire is loose in a hospital, but drinks poisoned blood.
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Pages: 5
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The Haunted Bridge

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Synopsis: Account of a haunted bridge in Wales, England.
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Death Has Deep Roots

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: A bunch of gangsters kill an old man for his hidden treasure. Having them cursed with his dying breath, the group dies one by one in grotesque fashions.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.

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