You've seen "dark" versions of fairy tales on TV and movies...
...but comics handled similar material going back to the 1950s, the heyday of horror comics!
(Illustrated by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, no less!)
This tale from Charlton's The Thing! #12 (1954) sure ain't like the Disney version, eh?
The Thing was the snarky, but unseen, host of the comic series in the vein (as it were) of EC's Crypt Keeper.
The Thing was the snarky, but unseen, host of the comic series in the vein (as it were) of EC's Crypt Keeper.
He was no relation to either the movie character The Thing from Another World (whose film came out in 1951, just before this comic debuted), or the Fantastic Four's super-strong team member.
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