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The Thing #12

Feb 1954 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
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In "Cinderella," Melvin teams up with the Amazonian native Jagarta to eliminate a rival, but when he refuses to pay, he becomes the target of a mysterious black magic spell. Written by Carl Memling and illustrated by Dick Ayers—whose art spans pencils, inks, and lettering—this 1954 Charlton classic features a cover by Steve Ditko, blending adventure and supernatural suspense in a tale that turns betrayal into sorcery.

Contains 6 stories
Cinderella
8 pp · Horror-Suspense

In this chilling 1954 horror-suspense tale from The Thing #12, Cinderella flees her oppressive home, where her vampire sisters rule with dread. With the prince in peril and darkness closing in, she ventures into the night, driven by a desperate need to warn him of an imminent attack.

Melvin Comes Home!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Melvin Comes Home!", Melvin returns from the jungle with a secret, only to find his past has followed him back—literally. With the help of the enigmatic Amazonian native Jagarta, he thought he’d settled a score, but when he refuses to pay, he learns some debts are paid in ways beyond money.

The Mummy's Curse!
5 pp · Horror-Suspense

When scientist Vincent Huntley uses electric vibrations to resurrect an ancient Egyptian mummy in his laboratory, he awakens far more than he bargained for—the vengeful sorceress Rah Kamsis, cursed millennia ago and bent on destroying the last heir of the Pharaoh's bloodline. As the creature stalks through Huntley's mansion on a terrible night, his daughter Karen and his young assistant Steve Drake find themselves trapped and desperate, forced to confront a supernatural horror that bullets cannot stop. With the mummy's power growing stronger, Steve must race against time to uncover the secrets of an ancient black book—the only weapon that might stand against this curse from beyond the grave.

Food For Thought
1 pp · Horror-Suspense

Dr. Kent has developed a revolutionary food compound that accelerates life cycles, destined for the zoo—until a desperate criminal intercepts the delivery and, starving and on the run, consumes the experimental substance meant only for animals. What follows is a nightmarish transformation that spirals far beyond anyone's control.

The Sound of Death
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

A vain ear surgeon's wounded pride over a disastrous concert performance drives him to a sinister plan: he acquires an ancient technique and modifies his own violin into a weapon of vengeance against the three critics who mocked him publicly. When Dr. Horatio Grevius invites those same critics back for a private performance, he unleashes a horrifying sonic attack that tests the limits of human endurance—but his own precautions may prove to be his undoing.

Greed....
2 pp · Horror-Suspense
Lord Sansonewitch (unnamed)

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $609
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $8,006*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $5,139*
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $3,566*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $1,953
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $1,567*
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CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $1,302*
CGC 6.5 · 3 in census $1,093*
CGC 6.0 · 4 in census $945*
CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $892*
CGC 5.0 · 4 in census $892*
CGC 4.5 · 5 in census $892
CGC 4.0 · 4 in census $560*
CGC 3.5 · 4 in census $499*
CGC 3.0 · 5 in census $442*
CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $358*
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $305*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $234*
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Cast · 1 character

Full credits

artist, inker, letterer Dick Ayers
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

Reprints

Reprinted in Doomsday #9 (1973), Savage Tales #5 (1974), Doomsday #14 (1974), Doomsday #18 (1975), Ghostly Tales Album #13 (1980), Ghostly Haunts #[nn] (1981), Steve Ditko's The Thing! #[nn] (2006), The Steve Ditko Archives #1 (2009), The Steve Ditko Archives #1 (2014), Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics: Mummies #[nn] (2017), Gwandanaland Comics #1999-A (2019), Gwandanaland Comics #1299, Gwandanaland Comics #1420-A

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