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Issue: The Thing #8

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Publication Date: May 1953

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Issues: #8 of 17 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Charlton

Brand: A Capitol Publication

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)

Editor(s): Alfred V. Fago

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Format

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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Content Items (8 total)

The Thing

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob Forgione (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Forgione (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

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Pages: 1

The Ghost of Abbey Playhouse

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob Forgione (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Forgione (signed)

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Subject Matter

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

Notes: Cover story.

A Grave Situation

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Memling

Penciller(s): John Belfi (signed)

Inker(s): John Belfi (signed)

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Subject Matter

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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Pages: 7

The Riddle of Glamis

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Strange things happen in the legendary Macbeth castle.

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Pages: 1

The Green Mass

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Synopsis: A ship's crew is attacked by a living mass produced by atomic tests nearby.

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Pages: 2

Vein of Irony

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob Forgione (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Forgione (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Synopsis: A vampire is loose in a hospital, but drinks poisoned blood.

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Pages: 5

The Haunted Bridge

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Account of a haunted bridge in Wales, England.

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Pages: 1

Death Has Deep Roots

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Memling

Penciller(s): Bob Forgione (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Forgione (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

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

Notes: Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.