Get the best deals on charlton silver age romance comics when you shop the largest online selection at. An appreciation thread for charlton comics, who started off with yellowjacket comics in 1944 and continued to publish comics after 1956. Derby, cts infamous comic book company that launched legends. While there were several comic representations of steve austin worldwide, this was the only one which could be properly called an american comic book.
Continues as robin hood and his merry men 1956 series. The charlton comics mystique part 7 first comics news. Take a step back and immerse yourself in the stateoftheart tools and techniques of. Among charlton comics backup features was the sentinels, from the thunderbolt series. Over time, though, charltons fortunes faded, with the vagaries of the comic book industry and the deterioration of their press into nighunusability. I first discovered charlton when i found out that it was the company that had originated some of my favorite dc comics heroes of the time. Welcome to comic book plus, the site where every day is party day. It debuted in june 1976, and released its ninth and final book in june of 1978. Published by charlton comics from june of 1967 until november of 1968 by charlton comics.
August, 2019 we are seeking a postproduction intern to assist with offline editing of the feature documentary this autumn 2019. The three charlton movie monster adaptations appear to have been the first substantial examples of comic book series grounded in a scifi movie plot but then taken off in their own directions, in this case by prolific comic book writer joe gill, who admitted to having enjoyed working on gorgo and the other movie comics. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Winter 19691970 january 1970 number of issues published. All of these creators got their starts at charlton under editor dick giordano, and the charlton comics produced at this time have an exuberance brought out by young artists set free. The top selling comic books that begin with a are alpha flight comic books 1983 series, amazing adventures comic books 1970 series, amazing spiderman comic books 1963 series, archie comic books and avengers comic books 1963 series you can also search 7 more ways. Prime auction ends monday may 4 to wednesday may 6. In the charlton comics mystique, part six, i talked about how charlton comics yellowjacket character was charltons very first superhero character, ever. This collection features 264 pages, covering the first ten issues of this series from the 1960s. Charlton comics entered the comic book business as a way to keep busy the expensive presses they used to publish magazines. Space adventures series january 1979 charlton comics group grade nm.
Its publishing slowed, then stopped, its action hero characters were sold to dc comics, other properties were sold to. Cuti, who was known to his friends as nick, is best known for cocreating the superhero scifi comic book series eman with artist joe staton at charlton comics in 1973. This was actually how i was introduced to the charlton lines. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction.
Billy the kid western outlaw volume 9 comic book by. Charlton began in 1933 with hit parader magazine, publishing song lyrics. Charlton comics golden age comic books cgc comic book. The charlton comics mystique part 1 first comics news. It is the concluding edition of hermes press ambitious multivolume archival book series of creator lee falks famous character, first realized as a newspaper comic strip hero in 1936 and brought to.
Attack 1958 2nd series charlton comic books mycomicshop. It is sometimes confused with the charlton magazine of the same. They issued comic strip and television tie ins, along with a few original titles that were all their own. Attack 1962 3rd series charlton comic books mycomicshop. The comic book industry slump of the mid to late 1950s, brought on by distribution problems, parental concerns and competition from television, was a time of expansion for charlton comics. The charlton years volume one hermes press has begun the task of reprinting, in chronological order, the comic book tales of the phantom. This is one case where i dont mind being a johnnycomelately. See more ideas about charlton comics, comics, silver age comics. As one may imagine, this meant they werent too critical of the quality. Blue beetle 1967 series by charlton comics goodreads. The charlton arrow, an anthology series featuring many charlton characters, was the companys main product and only title sold in stores, but the. Ghost manor is a comic book series by charlton comics. This is the most satisfying volume published to date in the hermes press series of comic book collections.
Its been called the 3 legged dog of comics, and the scrappy, streetfighting cousin of marvel and dc. This 256 paged hardcover collection reprints the final 10 issues of the phantom comic book series published by charlton comics from 19751977. Gogo, featuring miss bikini luv, lasted nine issues, and any comic book that ends with a. As other publishers went out of business or curtailed their production, charlton aggressively acquired both characters and creators. The first nine issues of the ten issue comic book series in which yellowjacket appeared, entitled, yellowjacket comics, was listed, on the. They eventually went defunct in 1986, with their longestrunning series during their golden age years having been good humor, catholic comics, and true life secrets. The six million dollar man was an irregularlyreleased comic book publlished by charlton comics.
Grand comics database 1955 series february 1955 february 1956 issues. Charlton comics was long a favorite comic book publisher of mine, even though they were already history by the time i discovered their comics as back issues in the early 1990s. The six million dollar man comic book the bionic wiki. One thing i very much enjoyed was reading comic books and would greatly look forward to visits from my grandmother, when she would bring a stack of various titles for me. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Hermes press has collected, concluding with this volume, all 74 issues of the phantom comic books that ran from 19621977.
Continues from this magazine is haunted charlton, 1954 series. With two volumes of gold key issues, and a volume of king issues already released, we. See more ideas about charlton comics, comics and comic book covers. This title is a temporary renaming of the title strange suspense stories charlton 1954 series, which resumed its original title with issue no. But, you do know the industry legends that called it home. Charlton comics was an american comic book publishing company that existed from 1945 to. The comic book guide for the artist writer letterer is a rare, soughtafter collectible produced by one of comicdoms most gifted creators, and we at charlton neo are proud to represent it. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community. The first issue is an adaptation of the film, while the rest are original stories pitting gorgo and his mother ogra against various monsters, aliens, and human armies the comic book series has two sequels, gorgos revenge with one issue and return of gorgo. They didnt spawn the superhero icons other publishers did but released a. See more ideas about charlton comics, comics and comic covers.
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