(May-June 1954)

Charlton, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Brand
A Charlton Publication
Editing
Al Fago (credited as Designed by Al Fago Studios) (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue was also indexed by Bob Klein.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Colors
?
Genre
crime
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Racket Squad in Action (Charlton, 1952 series) #11
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Case of the Income Tax Frauds (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno (sourced)
Inks
John Belfi
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter (sourced)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Every year millions of Americans must write an accounting of their incomes.
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Molno pencils per original indexer and Nick Caputo. Gene Reed credited Joe Shuster.

Botticelli of the Bangtails! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Memling
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sid Gleason was as deft at changing the appearance of a racehorse as the most skilled make-up expert is at altering an actor's identity.
Genre
crime
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's Blog:

http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/11/more-charlton-crime-from-carl-mem…

Not So Dumb (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hellen Ellis looked very comfortable as she reclined on her couch.
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Photo Frame-Up (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Memling
Pencils
Frank Frollo (signed as Frollo)
Inks
John Belfi (signed as Belfi)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As old, almost, as photography itself, are the underworld's devious methods for making the camera a weapon against law-abiding society.
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog:

http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/11/more-charlton-crime-from-carl-mem…

Paper Hangers of Death (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Sy Moskowitz (signed as S. Moskowitz)
Inks
Sy Moskowitz (signed as S. Moskowitz)
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Racketeers are as numerous as bacteria -- and decorating one's home was no exception.
Genre
crime
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Case of the Income Tax Frauds
  3. 2. Botticelli of the Bangtails!
  4. 3. Not So Dumb
  5. 4. Photo Frame-Up
  6. 5. Paper Hangers of Death
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Andrew Garrett
  • Dan Kurdilla
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
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