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Issue: The Thing #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1954
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Issues: #13 of 17 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Charlton PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko's The Thing! #[nn] published January 2006
as Steve Ditko's The Thing! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as The Thing #13 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagLos Archivos de Steve Ditko #1 published December 2010
as Página del Título [Filler on Interior Page(s)]Detalle de la portada
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Library of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Ken Rolland wanted greatness and he was willing to kill for it.
Synopsis: Horror writer Ken Rolland searches for inspiration by dabbling with black magic. A kill will offer him trips to the Netherworld. Rolland becomes a famed author, but one day makes the mistake to murder his own fiancée.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #13 published February 1974
as Library of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Horror and Science Fiction Comics #1 published January 1987
as Library of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko Reader #[1] published January 2002
as Library Of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko's The Thing! #[nn] published January 2006
as Library of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Library of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Cover story. The Executive editor of the fictional Chilling Mysteries is named Allen Fargo, similar to real Charlton editor Al Fago.
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Die Laughing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: It all started out as a hilarious prank...
Synopsis: A group of boys enter a haunted house for their initiation into a college frat. One by one they go missing.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #12 published November 1973
as Die Laughing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko Reader #[1] published January 2002
as Die Laughing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko's The Thing! #[nn] published January 2006
as Die Laughing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Die Laughing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Horror #6 published August 2013
as Die Laughing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Storyline very similar to "House of Horror" (Haunt of Fear #15[1]) from May 1950.
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The Witch Fish

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: "You don't have to be crazy to be a fisherman," remarked Ben Simpson, ...
Synopsis: A witch drowned in the 17th century in a countryside lake in England, comes back as a hag faced fish creature and gets revenge on all of the male descendants of the man who executed her.
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Pages: 1.8
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.2
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A-Tisket A-Casket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: The tomb of the long dead Egyptian sorcerer promised untold wealth to the two explorers...
Synopsis: Two explorers discover an Egyptian sarcophagus and a surprise inside.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #9 published May 1973
as A-Tisket A-Casket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Avery and the Goblins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Welcome once again, dear readers.
Synopsis: Avery Calhoun, an old prospector, enters a castle full of cannibal goblins hoarding a treasure. His exploration runs smoothly until he comes to the treasure.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #14 published March 1974
as Avery and the Goblins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko Reader #3 published January 2005
as Avery and the Goblins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko's The Thing! #[nn] published January 2006
as Avery and the Goblins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Avery and the Goblins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Poor Fish!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rod Strang (pickpocket)
First Line: Rod Strang was an accomplished pickpocket who specialized in working over poor fish!
Synopsis: A pickpocket hides in an aquarium. He climbs into a tank of innocent looking small fish.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Giant #17 published September 1975
as Poor Fish [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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