(May 1961)

Charlton, 1956 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1961-01-31
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

On-sale date from Bestsellers Vol15 #12 February 1961.
This issue has variants:

To Success, Darling! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Sinnott
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He was just a nice, sweet guy my George...
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

Panels taken from interior story.

The First Star (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Joe Sinnott
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
A-293
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I was walking through the park, enjoying the fall weather,
Genre
romance
Characters
Lee Burns

Indexer Notes

The main female character is not named.

He Passed Me By! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
?
Inks
Dick Giordano ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
?537
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jack and I were so much in love that we lived only for the moment...
Genre
romance
Characters
Lola; May (her cousin); Jack

The Man Next Door (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Vince Alascia
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
A-525
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I could see him from the window...
Genre
romance
Characters
Jeanne; Tom

The Kiss of Truth (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas (signed as ChaSal)
Inks
Sal Trapani (signed as ChaSal)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
A-271
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We fell in love quickly, Ben and I,
Genre
romance
Characters
Ben; Elizabeth; Catherine Colton (her kid sister); Melinda Colton (Elizabeth and Catherine's mum); Mr. Colton

Return a Stranger (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Sal Gentile ?
Inks
Dick Giordano ?
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Masulli ?

Job Number
6954
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm waiting for my husband to come home!
Genre
romance
Characters
Danny; his wife (not named)

Marry That Man! (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"I guess there really isn't anything I can say or do to make you change your mind,"
Genre
romance
Characters
Thelma Cogen; Jim Davis

Indexer Notes

Statement of ownership at bottom of first page.

To Success, Darling (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Joe Sinnott
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Masulli ?

Job Number
A-182
First Line of Dialogue or Text
George, darling, wake up!
Genre
romance
Characters
George Baintree; Phyllis Baintree; Mike Hunley; Mrs. Hunley; Mr. Halman; Mr. Lewis (George's supervisor)

Indexer Notes

Sinnott pencils per his record book.

Cover art (with different coloring) is taken from three panels in this story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. To Success, Darling!
  2. 1. The First Star
  3. 2. He Passed Me By!
  4. 3. The Man Next Door
  5. 4. The Kiss of Truth
  6. 5. Return a Stranger
  7. 6. Marry That Man!
  8. 7. To Success, Darling
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Belknap
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Stephen Mitchell
  • Ramon Schenk