The best site for downloading free public domain golden age comic books. Continues as robin hood and his merry men 1956 series. Gogo, featuring miss bikini luv, lasted nine issues, and any comic book that ends with a. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction. See more ideas about charlton comics, comics, silver age comics. This title is a temporary renaming of the title strange suspense stories charlton 1954 series, which resumed its original title with issue no. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Take a step back and immerse yourself in the stateoftheart tools and techniques of. 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. Among charlton comics backup features was the sentinels, from the thunderbolt series. Prime auction ends monday may 4 to wednesday may 6. 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. In the charlton comics mystique, part six, i talked about how charlton comics yellowjacket character was charltons very first superhero character, ever. Grand comics database 1955 series february 1955 february 1956 issues.
Attack 1962 3rd series charlton comic books mycomicshop. See more ideas about charlton comics, comic book covers, comic books. This 256 paged hardcover collection reprints the final 10 issues of the phantom comic book series published by charlton comics from 19751977. But, you do know the industry legends that called it home. The charlton comic book version of the granddaddy of costumed heroes, the ghost who walks, is available again, digitally remastered to look better than the. Although i did not discover the series until 2006, i. Attack 1958 2nd series charlton comic books mycomicshop.
The charlton comics mystique part 1 first comics news. As one may imagine, this meant they werent too critical of the quality. We are the original and still the premier site to read and download golden and silver age comic books. Space adventures series january 1979 charlton comics group grade nm. Charlton comics was an american comic book publishing company that existed from 1945 to. Welcome to comic book plus, the site where every day is party day. Continues from this magazine is haunted charlton, 1954 series. Billy the kid is a western comic book series published by charlton comics, with stories of a fictional character based on the historical billy the kid. Charlton comics was an american comic book publishing company that existed from 1945 to 1986, having begun under a different name t. This is one case where i dont mind being a johnnycomelately. Billy the kid western outlaw volume 9 comic book by. The first nine issues of the ten issue comic book series in which yellowjacket appeared, entitled, yellowjacket comics, was listed, on the.
While there were several comic representations of steve austin worldwide, this was the only one which could be properly called an american comic book. Charlton began in 1933 with hit parader magazine, publishing song lyrics. The charlton arrow, an anthology series featuring many charlton characters, was the companys main product and only title sold in stores, but the. 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. Blue beetle 1967 series by charlton comics goodreads. The six million dollar man was an irregularlyreleased comic book publlished by charlton comics. Ghost manor is a comic book series by charlton comics. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Like charlton did on various other occasions, when assuming continuing a comic book title, that was taken over from a previous publisher, they screwed up. Just go to the top of the page and look in the right column.
Winter 19691970 january 1970 number of issues published. 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. It is sometimes confused with the charlton magazine of the same. 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. The charlton years volume one hermes press has begun the task of reprinting, in chronological order, the comic book tales of the phantom. 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. Its publishing slowed, then stopped, its action hero characters were sold to dc comics, other properties were sold to. See more ideas about charlton comics, comics and comic covers. The six million dollar man comic book the bionic wiki. 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. August, 2019 we are seeking a postproduction intern to assist with offline editing of the feature documentary this autumn 2019. This is the most satisfying volume published to date in the hermes press series of comic book collections. It debuted in june 1976, and released its ninth and final book in june of 1978. Hermes press has collected, concluding with this volume, all 74 issues of the phantom comic books that ran from 19621977.
Charlton comics entered the comic book business as a way to keep busy the expensive presses they used to publish magazines. The charlton comics mystique part 7 first comics news. This collection features 264 pages, covering the first ten issues of this series from the 1960s. 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. As other publishers went out of business or curtailed their production, charlton aggressively acquired both characters and creators. Get the best deals on charlton silver age romance comics when you shop the largest online selection at. Derby, cts infamous comic book company that launched legends. They issued comic strip and television tie ins, along with a few original titles that were all their own. The comic book line was a division of charlton publications, which published magazines most notably songlyric magazines, puzzle books and, briefly, books under the monarch and gold star imprints. Over time, though, charltons fortunes faded, with the vagaries of the comic book industry and the deterioration of their press into nighunusability. 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. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community.
Gorgo is a comic book series based on the 1961 britishamerican giant monster film gorgo, which ran from 1961 to 1965 with 23 issues. An appreciation thread for charlton comics, who started off with yellowjacket comics in 1944 and continued to publish comics after 1956. 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. Published by charlton comics from june of 1967 until november of 1968 by charlton comics. Gorgo charlton comics wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. 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. Its been called the 3 legged dog of comics, and the scrappy, streetfighting cousin of marvel and dc. The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. Charlton comics golden age comic books cgc comic book.
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