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Series: The Thing

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Publisher: Charlton

Title: The Thing
Issue: 16
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: September 1954
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Al Fago [as Designed by Al Fago Studios]

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Thing #16
Owner: Jeffreykli

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Story Title: The Thing - cover
Pages:1
Pencils:Steve Kirkel ?
Inks:Steve Kirkel ?
Genre:horror-suspense


Story Title: Nothing He Couldn't Do! - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Dick Ayers (signed) [as Ayers]
Inks:Ernie Bache (signed) [as Ayers]
Letters:Dick Ayers
Genre:horror-suspense
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.


Story Title: Death of A Gambler! - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Bill Molno [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks:Vince Alascia (signed)
Letters:Charlotte Jetter
Genre:horror-suspense
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.


Story Title: Tara Tusta - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:horror-suspense
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.


Story Title: Picture of the Future - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Seymour Moskowitz (signed)
Inks:Seymour Moskowitz (signed)
Letters:Charlotte Jetter
Genre:horror-suspense
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.


Story Title: Mental Wizard! - comic story
Pages:5
Letters:Charlotte Jetter
Genre:horror-suspense
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.


Story Title: The Crusher - comic story
Pages:5
Pencils:Bill Molno ?
Inks:Ray Osrin ?
Letters:Charlotte Jetter
Genre:horror-suspense
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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