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CATALOG RECORD

The Thing #13

Charlton · Series began 1952 · April 1954

Dates

Cover date
April 1954
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Steve Ditko, Tony Tallaricoinks: Steve Ditko, Tony Tallaricoletters: Charlotte Jetterscript: Burton Levey, Carl Memling

Stories

  • Library of Horror · 7 pages

    Horror writer Ken Rolland searches for inspiration by dabbling with black magic. A kill will offer him trips to the Netherworld. Rolland becomes a famed author, but one day makes the mistake to murder his own fiancée.

  • Die Laughing! · 7 pages

    A group of boys enter a haunted house for their initiation into a college frat. One by one they go missing.

  • The Witch Fish · 1.8 pages

    A witch drowned in the 17th century in a countryside lake in England, comes back as a hag faced fish creature and gets revenge on all of the male descendants of the man who executed her.

  • A-Tisket A-Casket · 2 pages

    Two explorers discover an Egyptian sarcophagus and a surprise inside.

  • Avery and the Goblins · 8 pages

    Avery Calhoun, an old prospector, enters a castle full of cannibal goblins hoarding a treasure. His exploration runs smoothly until he comes to the treasure.

  • Poor Fish! · 4 pages

    A pickpocket hides in an aquarium. He climbs into a tank of innocent looking small fish.

Characters

The Thing

Reprinted in

Gwandanaland Comics (2016), Doomsday (1972), Steve Ditko Reader (2002), Steve Ditko's The Thing! (2006), The Steve Ditko Archives (2009), The Steve Ditko Archives (2014), Super Giant (1973), Ghostly Tales Album (1980), The Best of Horror and Science Fiction Comics (1987), Crypt of Horror (2005), Haunted Horror (2012), Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics: Mummies (2017)

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