Digital Comic Museum - Thing 016 (1954)


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18-November-2006 12:40 am	\|
Username:	Bob Stump
Comment:	No Ditko but please upload any old Charlton comics! I'd especially like to see Nature Boy. Thanks!
6-December-2006 6:25 am	\|
Username:	Tigger
Comment:	Standard US dimensions; Color; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint. Published by Song Hits #1-2; Capitol #3-17 (Imprint of Charlton), February 1952 - November 1954 Published in United States, English language Issues published: 1-17
20-December-2020 11:46 pm	\|
Username:	churnworks
Comment:	"Bill Molno [as Joe Shuster] "? Anyone know the story here? I know Shuster was notoriously (and for good reasons) very slow. Did he sign this over Molno's work? Did he provide breakdowns only? I'm curious! There are a very few panels that look like Shuster's layouts and character details, albeit buried somewhat under Alascia's inking. But only a few panels look strictly Molnoian (to my unpracticed eye), and one or two seem as if another artist may have been involved.

Issue: #16
Published: September 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Al Fago [as Designed by Al Fago Studios]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Thing
Credits:	Pencils: Steve Kirkel ? \| Inks: Steve Kirkel ?
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (6 pages)	Nothing He Couldn't Do!
Synopsis:	Four shipwrecked men are stranded on a cannibal island and captured immediately. While three of them have high hopes of surviving for some days, the natives torture the ship’s handy mechanic Jonesy.
Credits:	Pencils: Dick Ayers (signed) [as Ayers] \| Inks: Ernie Bache (signed) [as Ayers] \| Letters: Dick Ayers
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (6 pages)	Death of A Gambler!
Synopsis:	Wealthy Jeff Traynor loses all at gambling and becomes a derelict. When he finds a magic deck of cards it's too late to get back on his feet again.
Credits:	Script: Carl Memling \| Pencils: Bill Molno [as Joe Shuster] (signed) \| Inks: Vince Alascia (signed) \| Letters: Charlotte Jetter
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Text Story (2 pages)	Tara Tusta
Synopsis:	A group of soldiers and friendly natives are besieged by a warrior tribe. Legendary witch doctor Tara Tusta saves the day with deadly magic.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (6 pages)	Picture of the Future
Synopsis:	Two gangsters rob an exhibition and come into possession of a magic scroll which forecasts their future. They are confronted with pictures of violence and doom.
Credits:	Script: Carl Memling \| Pencils: Seymour Moskowitz (signed) \| Inks: Seymour Moskowitz (signed) \| Letters: Charlotte Jetter
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (5 pages)	Mental Wizard!
Synopsis:	Don Brunt killed his wife and got away with the crime. "Mentalist" Menlo reads his mind and starts blackmailing him. The two men confront each other on a fateful fishing trip.
Credits:	Script: Carl Memling \| Letters: Charlotte Jetter
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Crusher
Synopsis:	Sadistic plantation owner Barney Tragg flogs his wife's lover to death with a whip. Afterwards he comes for his unfaithful wife, but gets dragged into quicksand mire.
Credits:	Script: Carl Memling \| Pencils: Bill Molno ? \| Inks: Ray Osrin ? \| Letters: Charlotte Jetter
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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