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The Thing #9 (1953) · The Collector

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Charlton
The Thing (1952)
#9

Charlton#9

The Thing

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The Thing #9

Publisher: Charlton
Cover date: July 1953
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Stories

4 titled

1Mardu's Masterpiece
2The Road to Madness
3

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Grand Comics Database issue 247262

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Etienne Mardu, Parisian art painter, gains success by painting with blood. First his own, then his models'. But the magic canvases come to life and put an end to Mardu's grisly career.

Operation Massacre

4The Dead Man's Hand

Credits

Writer: Carl Memling
Pencillers: Bob Forgione, John Belfi
Inkers: Bob Forgione, Vince Alascia, John Belfi
Cover: Bob Forgione

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Editor: Al Fago

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