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CATALOG RECORD

The Thing #17

Charlton · Series began 1952 · November 1954

Dates

Cover date
November 1954
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Steve Ditko, Steve Kirkel, Dick Ayers, Bob Powellinks: Steve Ditko, Steve Kirkel, Ernie Bacheletters: Charlotte Jetter, Dick Ayersscript: Carl Memling

Stories

  • Through the Looking Glass · 6 pages

    A Wonderland adventure of the third kind: Alice is a mean and sadistic girl who runs amok and kills its hostile and wondrous inhabitants.

  • Bad Blood! · 6 pages

    Gabriel Robb murders his rich uncle in a rage. Searching for his treasures, Gabriel is attacked by the dead man's walking corpse and crushed to death in a wine press.

  • Wishful Thinking! · 6 pages

    Emil Barto is a vampire aboard a ship and gets stranded on an island. One by one the party of survivors falls prey to his bloodlust. Barto, too, meets his fate by the hands of another vampire.

  • Horror on the Hill · 2 pages

    Robb Martner visits an old captain living atop a deadly cliff over the sea. He will be staying forever, taking over the chores of being the next "Ancient Mariner".

  • Weird Legend of Trelawney · 12 pages

    John Marshand visits the English town of Trelawney. Two former land owners, the squires Tilton and Ghastney, haunt the region with their ghostly attack dogs. Marshand gets in the middle of their feud and can barely escape with his life.

Reprinted in

Gwandanaland Comics (2016), Alice in Comicland (2014)

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