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The Thing #5

Charlton · Series began 1952 · October-November 1952

Dates

Cover date
October-November 1952
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Lou Morales, Bob Forgione, Tex Blaisdell, Collierinks: Lou Morales, Bob Forgione, Tex Blaisdell, Collier

Stories

  • Curse of Karnak · 8 pages

    Professor Ambrose carelessly revives the mummy of King Mentu and sets free a plague of Egyptian gods running amok in the excavation camp.

  • Harmony of Horror · 6 pages

    Jim Shervin kills Bruno Augustin, the rival for his love of the beautiful Cleo. The pianist's ghost comes back from the dead and haunts his murderer by moving objects around via acoustical vibrations.

  • The Frustrated Ghost · 2 pages

    Captain Isaac Humboldt dies in a steamship crash on the Mississippi. His ghostly apparition appears many miles away to his mother and his brother.

  • Murderers' Row · 9 pages

    Strange things happen in and around Professor Caglio's wax exhibition of murderers through history. Can Elsa and boyfriend Terry escape when trapped in the storage room?

  • The Tavern of Terror · 7 pages

    Young man spends the night in an inn haunted by an old female vampire. The fiend appears and warns him to stay, but the man won't listen and has to pay for his stubbornness with his life.

  • Things You Should Know · 0.5 pages

    Three panels informing about the habits of banshees.

Reprinted in

Gwandanaland Comics (2016), Doomsday (1972), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (2010), Haunted Horror (2012)

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