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Title: The THING! No. 6
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Publisher:Charlton [Indicia: Outstanding Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: January, 1953
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VG- (3.5). Spine stress, staples pulled, bottom spine nicked, a few small edge nicks to covers, covers a bit rumpled, small penciled distributor's mark ("1-3") to white margin of "T" in "THING!" Off-white to light tan pages, scattered fox marks. Cover: Bob Forgione. Art: Art Capello, Bob Forgione, Dick Giordano. Overstreet: "Classic decapitation story." GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 4.0 sold for an underperforming $74 in March 2020; more recently, a 6.0 sold for $560 in August 2020. PBA sold a raw 3.0 for $175 in February 2022.

Featuring Bob Forgione's crudely-rendered classic "Jibaro Madness," a Charlton story that competes with Superior's nutty offerings for sheer random insanity. In one sequence, a Jivaro headhunter uses a potion to shrink a sexy blonde to doll size; her clothes don't shrink with the rest of her, and the Jivaro clutches her squirming naked body in his sweaty mitt. The blonde and her equally tiny companions manage to behead their captor in a cartoonishly gruesome panel, then they hollow out a tropical melon and use it as a basket to carry their grisly trophy. The story ends abruptly when a spider eats the tiny nude blonde and her hapless chums.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.