(August 1957)

Charlton, 1956 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1957
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Brand
A Charlton Publication
Editing
Al Fago (executive editor)

Issue Notes

Printed in U.S.A..

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mysterious Traveler / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino ?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mysterious Traveler
Reprints

Escape (Table of Contents: 1)

Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
S1627
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here is a scene in a New York park!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mysterious Traveler (host); Hank Langdon; Lin-Tu; Carlos Boyd
Synopsis
Hank Langdon's good deed on Guatemalan-native Lin-Tu's behalf later saves his life from the evil Carlos Boyd.
Reprints

Test of a Man (Table of Contents: 2)

Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
S1628
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Young Myron King...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mysterious Traveler (host); Myron King
Synopsis
Myron King comes up an inch short until he proves his stature in snaring a tiger.
Reprints

The Desert (Table of Contents: 3)

Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
S1591
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mysterious Traveler (host); Oley Ainsworth
Synopsis
Oley Ainsworth discovers mirages can be found in the arctic wastes too.
Reprints

The Peacemaker of Sidi-bel-abbes (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Honorable Charles R. Winston...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Charles R. Winston; Abl-el-Mar; Lieutenant Willard Peaaron; Mohammed Ali
Reprints

Mutiny (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Sal Trapani
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
S1651
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My dad had great respect for you, sir!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jack Caruthers; Captain Rayburn; Doug Pembert
Synopsis
Jack Caruthers sides with Captain Rayburn against a mutiny.
Reprints

Operation Blacksnake (Table of Contents: 6)

Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
S1650
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Operation Blacksnake had nothing to do with any crawling creature,
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mysterious Traveler (host); Sergeant Bart Arnold
Synopsis
Bart Arnold and his handful of men must defend a pipeline against hundreds.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mysterious Traveler
  2. 1. Escape
    Mysterious Traveler
  3. 2. Test of a Man
    Mysterious Traveler
  4. 3. The Desert
    Mysterious Traveler
  5. 4. The Peacemaker of Sidi-bel-abbes
  6. 5. Mutiny
  7. 6. Operation Blacksnake
    Mysterious Traveler
This issue was modified by, among others
  • chris bonham
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Gary Henderson
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Stephen Mitchell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore