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Issue: The Thing #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1954
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Issues: #16 of 17 Issues
Title:
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: 7 (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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The Thing

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Ghouls in a cemetery.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: cover art is similar to the Jack Davis-esque art signed by "Kirk" in "Through the Looking Glass" (The Thing # 17). "Kirk" is the pen name for Steve/Stephen Kirkel.
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Nothing He Couldn't Do!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Four shipwrecked men are stranded on a cannibal island and captured immediately. While three of them have high hopes of surviving for some days, the natives torture the ship’s handy mechanic Jonesy.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #22 published August 1975
as Nothing He Couldn't Do [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Death of a Gambler!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Wealthy Jeff Traynor loses all at gambling and becomes a derelict. When he finds a magic deck of cards it's too late to get back on his feet again.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #18 published January 1975
as Death of A Gambler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Molno pencils per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/10/joe-shusters-charlton-ghost.html
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Tara Tusta

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A group of soldiers and friendly natives are besieged by a warrior tribe. Legendary witch doctor Tara Tusta saves the day with deadly magic.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Picture of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Two gangsters rob an exhibition and come into possession of a magic scroll which forecasts their future. They are confronted with pictures of violence and doom.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Annual #1 published November 1975
as Picture of the Future!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?"
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Mental Wizard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Don Brunt killed his wife and got away with the crime. "Mentalist" Menlo reads his mind and starts blackmailing him. The two men confront each other on a fateful fishing trip.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #22 published August 1975
as Mental Wizard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.
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The Crusher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Sadistic plantation owner Barney Tragg flogs his wife's lover to death with a whip. Afterwards he comes for his unfaithful wife, but gets dragged into quicksand mire.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?"

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