(April 1963)

Charlton, 1962 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Editing
Pat Masulli (Executive Editor)

Smash-Up (Table of Contents)

Cynthia Doyle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Giordano
Inks
Vince Colletta ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
drama; medical
Characters
Cynthia Doyle; Dr. Ed Benson
Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

Images taken from interior story. Art attribution by Nick Caputo (July 2010).

Decision (Table of Contents: 1)

Cynthia Doyle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
A-2393
Genre
drama; medical
Characters
Nurse Cynthia Doyle; Dr. Ed Benson; Dr. Amos Starke; Dr. Reynolds Franklin
Synopsis
Dr. Starke is diagnosed with cancer and decides to have an operation that might prolong his life for three more years, giving him time to complete his research. He and Cynthia become close during his hospitalization and he tries to help her by getting Dr. Benson to notice her.
Keywords
soap opera

Twenty Four Hour Duty (Table of Contents: 2)

The Young Doctors / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Don Segall
Pencils
?
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
A-2338
Genre
drama; medical
Characters
Dr. Cliff Landon; Dr. Martin Burke; Nurse Terry Day
Synopsis
The doctors rent an apartment and everyone in the building feels free to pester them for free medical advice at all hours of the night.
Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

Segall script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2015/12/don-segall-at-charlton-one-story-…

A Critic of Love (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of September 29, 1962
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 118,345
Owners: Charlton Press, Inc.; John Santangelo; Burton N. Levey

Smash-Up! (Table of Contents: 5)

Cynthia Doyle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
A-2394
Genre
drama; medical
Characters
Nurse Cynthia Doyle; Dr. Ed Benson; Dr. Reynolds Franklin; Dr. Fred Mills
Synopsis
When Dr. Benson becomes ill and disoriented in the operating room, it's feared he has Parkinson's disease. Dr. Reynolds orders Cynthia to take him on a picnic to get his mind off things, but he crashes the car. While waiting for an ambulance, Ed admits his love for Cynthia. But after an operation, while it's revealed that he does not have Parkinson's, he does have some slight amnesia and doesn't remember his confession.
Keywords
soap opera
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Smash-Up
    Cynthia Doyle
  2. 1. Decision
    Cynthia Doyle
  3. 2. Twenty Four Hour Duty
    The Young Doctors
  4. 3. A Critic of Love
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Smash-Up!
    Cynthia Doyle
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Belknap
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore