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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Charlton
Title: The Thing
Page Count: 36
Genre: Horror-suspense
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: September 1953
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Country: United States
Evil botanist Stanley Budd (sic!) kills for a formula which makes his flowers grow into enormous proportions. But what about the ants hiding in the grass?; Inspector Corgan is assigned to investigate the brutal slayings of a werewolf. But why is he troubled by dizzy spells, black-outs and splitting headaches every time the moon is full?; As assistant in a crematorium, Charley Burns (sic!) plans to dispose of the body of his murdered boss, but gets himself trapped inside the flames and perishes.; When brave villagers capture a vampire, it is the mayor's task to perform certain rituals on the creature's body to make sure it will not rise again. The mayor however plans to sell the head to a museum in the city.; This year's king of the Mardi Gras is the devil himself. He runs off with a woman who was foolish enough to throw herself in his arms.; When a scientist gets robbed, the mysterious seeds he carried with him start growing and unleash a plague of biblical proportions.