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Issue: The Thing #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #6 of 17 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Capitol Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagDoomsday #20 published April 1975 as Jibaro Madness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Thing

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Tale of a Salem Witch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Synopsis: A witch helps a man regain his stolen horses. She lets a ship sink so that the animals can swim ashore.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The Weird Tale of the Rock Bound Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Synopsis: A gang of smugglers encouters ghosts from the past at a lighthouse. In helping the ghosts settle an old score, the men are promised a gold treasure. Overwhelmed by human greed, they dismiss a warning and drown tragically.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #16 published June 1974
as The Weird Tale of the Rock Bound Ghost [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Vengence Will Be Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Two businessmen commit theft and murder, but frame their partner for the crimes. But Howard Pell is revived by a scientist and returns from the grave. In the end, justice has been served.
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Pages: 7
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The Riddle of Benares

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: On an assignment in Benares, India, two cameramen spot a mysterious native woman clad in white. Trying to take her picture, the Devil Woman curses them and brings death to one of the men.
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Pages: 2
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The Warlock of London

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: The witcher Rego takes human form by using magic brews and terrorizes London society in the disguise of Lord Harwood. The fearless lawyer Percy Wynbrock hunts him down and can kill the fiend in a duel with magic swords.
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In Content Item: FlagDoomsday #22 published August 1975
as The Warlock of London [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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An Ancient Ghost Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror, non-fiction
Synopsis: Roman philosopher Athenodorus follows a ghost and is led to a hidden treasure.
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Pages: 1
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Jibaro Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Explorers searching for the secret of head-shrinking are captured by madman Maximo. He shrinks them to doll size and prepares to cut their heads off. The miniature people overpower their tormentor and escape. But they run into unexpected difficulties.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: cover story

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