Gorgo
#1
([June 1961])
Charlton,
1961 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1960-10-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (editor)
Issue Notes
Based on the motion picture by King Brothers released by MGM.
There is no month printed on the cover or in the indicia. This comic was based on the Gorgo movie, which per the indicia was released in 1960. An April newsstand date would equate to a June 1961 cover date.
On-sale date from Bestsellers (Newsdealer Magazine Inc., 1960 series) v15#8 (October 1960).
This issue has variants:
There is no month printed on the cover or in the indicia. This comic was based on the Gorgo movie, which per the indicia was released in 1960. An April newsstand date would equate to a June 1961 cover date.
On-sale date from Bestsellers (Newsdealer Magazine Inc., 1960 series) v15#8 (October 1960).
This issue has variants:
The Monster from the Sea!
Gorgo / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Gorgo
- Reprints
-
in Ditko Monsters: Gorgo (IDW, 2013 series) (February 2013) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #123 - Gorgo - Volume 1 ([February] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
![Cover Thumbnail for Gorgo (1961 series) #1 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1210/w100/1210800.jpg?-8113030274454952383)
Monsters of the Past
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- A27
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about dinosaurs.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Gorgo
Gorgo / comic story / 22 pages
- Job Number
- 6673
- Genre
- science fiction; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Gorgo
- Synopsis
- A giant lizard-like creature is spewed from the bottomless depths by a volcanic eruption only to wreak havoc on the modern world. After being captured and put on display in London, the creature's angry mother arrives and destroys London looking for her offspring.
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #92 - in Fantastic Giants (Charlton, 1966 series) #24 (September 1966) which is reprinted
-
in Attack of the Mutant Monsters (A-Plus Comics, 1991 series) #1 (1991) [retitled Kegor] - in Monsters Attack! (Avalon Communications, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [retitled Kegor]
- in Ditko Monsters: Gorgo (IDW, 2013 series) (February 2013)
- in Ditko's Monsters (IDW, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of the 1960 film.
Indicia states the movie was released in 1960. Other sources state it was 1961.
The adaptation contains scenes not present in the film, such as prehistoric fish being released by the volcanic explosion, the divers who discover Gorgo being attacked by a giant octopus, and Gorgo battling a killer whale.
Wonders of the Deep!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas (signed as ChaSal)
- Inks
- Sal Trapani (signed as ChaSal)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- 6960
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Various facts about undersea creatures.
- Reprints
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #17
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #192 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
-
Fear!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- 7176
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Professor Hemlin explains superstition.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Monster from the Sea!
Gorgo -
1.
Monsters of the Past
-
2.
Gorgo
Gorgo -
3.
Wonders of the Deep!
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4.
[no title indexed]
Captain Corey's Curiosity Corner -
5.
Fear!
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6.
Strange People Who Are Real
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7.
[no title indexed]
Gorgo
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Carl Thiel
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Luther Weaver
- Mike White
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