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Issue: The Thing #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1954
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
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)
Editor(s): Al Fago [as Designed by Al Fago Studios]
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Thing

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Steve Kirkel ?
Steve Kirkel ?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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.
Nothing He Couldn't Do!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dick Ayers (signed) [as Ayers]
Ernie Bache (signed) [as Ayers]
?
Dick Ayers
Subject Matter
horror
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.
Reprinting
FlagDoomsday #22 published August 1975
as Nothing He Couldn't Do [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Death of A Gambler!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Memling
Bill Molno [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Vince Alascia (signed)
?
Charlotte Jetter
Subject Matter
horror
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.
Reprinting
FlagDoomsday #18 published January 1975
as Death of A Gambler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Molno pencils per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/10/joe-shusters-charlton-ghost.html
Tara Tusta

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Memling
Seymour Moskowitz (signed)
Seymour Moskowitz (signed)
?
Charlotte Jetter
Subject Matter
horror
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.
Reprinting
FlagDoomsday Annual #1 published November 1975
as Picture of the Future!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?"
Mental Wizard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Memling
?
?
?
Charlotte Jetter
Subject Matter
horror
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.
Reprinting
FlagDoomsday #22 published August 1975
as Mental Wizard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.
The Crusher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Memling
Bill Molno ?
Ray Osrin ?
?
Charlotte Jetter
Subject Matter
horror
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.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?"

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