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5October-November 1952
$0.10

The Thing #5

Charlton · October-November 1952

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Identification plate

Series
The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
October-November 1952
Key date
1952-10-00
Indicia publisher
Capitol Stories Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Thingcover1pencils: Lou Morales; inks: Lou Morales
1The Thing Presentstable of contents1pencils: Lou Morales; inks: Lou Morales
2Curse of Karnakcomic story8pencils: Bob Forgione; inks: Bob Forgione
3Harmony of Horrorcomic story6pencils: Bob Forgione; inks: Bob Forgione
4The Frustrated Ghosttext story2letters: typeset
5Murderers' Rowcomic story9pencils: Tex Blaisdell; inks: Tex Blaisdell
6The Tavern of Terrorcomic story7pencils: Collier; inks: Collier
7Things You Should Knowcomic story0.5pencils: Lou Morales; inks: Lou Morales

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Haunted Horror #122014On eBay ›
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ISBN 978-1631406713		2016On eBay ›
The Complete Thing: Volume 12016On eBay ›
The Giant Readers Thing
ISBN 9781699512296		2019On eBay ›

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