Thing (1952 Charlton) comic books 1954

First published Steve Ditko cover. "Cinderella," art by Steve Ditko; Cinderella is being kept slave by her vampire sisters. "Melvin Comes Home!", script by Carl Memling, art by Dick Ayers; With the aid of Amazonian native Jagarta, Melvin disposes of a rival. "The Thing's Revenge" text story. "The Mummy's Curse!", art by John Belfi; An Egyptian mummy comes alive in a modern laboratory and runs amok. "The Sound of Death"; Scorned amateur musician Horation Grevius constructs an ultra-sonic violin to murder his critics. "Greed," art by Anthony Tallarico; Lord Branding wants to know all of his ancestors and conjures them to appear before him. Lingerie panels. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. "Library of Horror," art by Steve Ditko; Horror writer Ken Rolland searches for inspiration by dabbling with black magic; A kill will offer him trips to the Netherworld. "Die Laughing!", art by Steve Ditko; A group of boys enter a haunted house for their initiation into a college frat. "The Witch Fish" text story. "A-Tisket A-Casket," art by Anthony Tallarico; Two explorers discover an Egyptian sarcophagus and a surprise inside. "Avery and the Goblins," art by Steve Ditko; Avery Calhoun, an old prospector, enters a castle full of cannibal goblins hoarding a treasure. "Poor Fish!", script by Carl Memling; A pickpocket hides in an aquarium. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. "Rumpelstiltskin," art by Steve Ditko; The demon Rumpelstiltskin wants to get his hands on soft, human skin. "The Evil Eye!", script by Carl Memling, art by Steve Ditko; Warren Cairo plans on murdering his wife Gerda; But she's a witch and knows how to handle the imminent danger. "Mr. Kon Shuns" text story. "Doom in the Air," script by Carl Memling, art by Steve Ditko; Wes Brewster is lynched by the Jones brothers; Years later he is awakened by an atom bomb test, stalking his wrongdoers and leaving a trail of radiation poisoning behind him. "Inheritance!", art by Steve Ditko; archeologists Carl Ramen and John Marko discover an Egyptian tablet describing an age-old curse concerning themselves. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. "The Worm Turns," art by Steve Ditko; Biologist Norman Thoma breeds an invulnerable super-worm and turns it loose on mankind. "Day of Reckoning!", script by Carl Memling, art by Steve Ditko; Three sailors kill the shipbuilder Jezab Grimm and board him up on his ship, the Mermaid. "Comeback!", art by Steve Ditko; Drama at the carnival: Flexo the rubber man kills snake lady Satana for her money. "Tunnel To Terror" text story. "If Looks Could Kill!", art by Steve Ditko; Surgeon Gustave Savage is kidnapped by the hypnotist Merlin. "Family Mixup," art by Steve Ditko; The Becks, skinny husband and fat wife, hate each other and plot their spouse's demise. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Nothing He Couldn't Do!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Four shipwrecked men are stranded on a cannibal island and captured immediately. "Death of A Gambler!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Bill Molno (as Joe Shuster), inks by Vince Alascia; Wealthy Jeff Traynor loses all at gambling and becomes a derelict. "Tara Tusta" text story. "Picture of the Future," script by Carl Memling, art by Seymour Moskowitz; Two gangsters rob an exhibition and come into possession of a magic scroll which forecasts their future. "Mental Wizard!", script by Carl Memling; Don Brunt killed his wife and got away with the crime. "The Crusher," script by Carl Memling; Sadistic plantation owner Barney Tragg flogs his wife's lover to death with a whip. Injury to eye panel. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. "Through the Looking Glass," art by Steve Kirkel; Alice is a mean and sadistic girl who runs amok and kills Wonderland's hostile and wondrous inhabitants. "Bad Blood!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Gabriel Robb murders his rich uncle in a rage. "Wishful Thinking!", art by Steve Kirkel; Emil Barto is a vampire aboard a ship and gets stranded on an island. "Horror on the Hill" text story. "Weird Legend of Trelawney," pencils by Bob Powell; John Marshand visits the English town of Trelawney; Two former land owners, the squires Tilton and Ghastney, haunt the region with their ghostly attack dogs. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.