Gorgo #14
(August 1963)

Charlton, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1963
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Brand
Charlton [corner box]
Editing
Pat Masulli (executive editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Deadlier Than Man (Table of Contents)

Gorgo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Montes (signed)
Inks
Ernie Bache (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Gorgo
Keywords
monsters
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Deadlier Than Man (Table of Contents: 1)

Gorgo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
A-2627
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Gorgo
Synopsis
Gorgo and his mother intervene during the Cuban missile crisis.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, and Nikita Khrushchev are all featured in the story but are unnamed.

The American Way (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Jack Keller
Inks
Jack Keller
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
A-2020
Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
A write-up on how great America is.

Unto Dust (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A professor comes up with a way to disintegrate objects into dust. He plans on using this power to bring about world peace. The Soviets think he's a fraud and challenge him, only to find out he's the real deal.

Indexer Notes

This story contains numerous typos.

The Fisher Man (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Bill Molno ?; Vince Alascia ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
A-1848
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
About the evolution of how man learned to fish. From cavemen to modern day sport fishermen.

Strength of a Nation (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Jack Keller
Inks
Jack Keller
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
A-2019
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
An article about how great American citizens are.

Indexer Notes

This story was published in various Charlton titles of the period.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Deadlier Than Man
    Gorgo
  2. 1. Deadlier Than Man
    Gorgo
  3. 2. The American Way
  4. 3. Unto Dust
  5. 4. The Fisher Man
  6. 5. Strength of a Nation
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Salvatore Carotenuto
  • Bill Devine
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Keith Smith
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike White
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