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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Charlton
Title: The Thing
Page Count: 36
Genre: Horror-suspense, Humor
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: March 1953
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Country: United States
Three bank-robbers make their escape on a haunted ship. The ghost of cruel captain Cray enslaves them as his crew and finally tortures them to death.; When strange murders occur at Carlton College, professor Thaddeus spreads rumors of a Gorgon attack - to make himself interesting for the lovely co-eds. Thaddeus begins to kill rivals and troublemakers with a bronze Gorgon claw. In the end he has to learn the identity of the true mythical beast.; Mr. Nemo lets a young couple - the Trasks - rent his house. Transforming himself into a giant spider, Nemo lures his lodgers to the attic and drains their blood. Trask however succeeds in battling the "spiderman".; Next to a Cuban plantation lies a swamp, inhabited by vampires. A jewel thief seeks shelter there, but has to lure other people into their doom.; A farmer makes a pact with the devil. When time comes to pay the devil his "due", said farmer gives the devil some "dew" from the fields - because there was a typo in the contract.; Fisherman meets the ghosts of pirates.