Gorgo #3
(September 1961)

Charlton, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Brand
A Charlton Publication
Editing
Pat Masulli (executive editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Return of Gorgo (Table of Contents)

Gorgo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Gorgo
Reprints
Keywords
monsters
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The Return of Gorgo (Table of Contents: 1)

Gorgo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
A-661
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Gorgo
Synopsis
A dictator of a small island named Mandel Astro, gets one of his scientists to capture Gorgo. The scientist tortures Gorgo with an electric prod in order to make him obedient and controllable. Astro then gets his scientist to send Gorgo after his enemies. Soon the scientist uses Gorgo to overthrow Astro, and decides to use the monster to allow him to conquer neighboring nations. Eventually Gorgo rebels against the abuse and turns on his master.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Mandel Astro is a spoof of Fidel Castro.

Tall Tree (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
For a school assignment, a young girl plants a special seed in her front lawn she obtains from an eccentric old man. Overnight the seed grows into a tree that reaches six miles in height and produces giant apples.

Men and Monsters (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Vince Alascia
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
A-660
Genre
non-fiction; horror-suspense
Synopsis
A look at man's struggles against animals from prehistory, where cavemen battle prehistoric mammals, to the future where spacemen battle alien animals.
Keywords
monsters
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Return of Gorgo
    Gorgo
  2. 1. The Return of Gorgo
    Gorgo
  3. 2. Tall Tree
  4. 3. Men and Monsters
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Salvatore Carotenuto
  • James Ludwig
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Keith Smith
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • Mike White
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