(September 1954)
Charlton,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (credited as Al Fago Studios) (design)
[no title indexed]
Dr. Death / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sy Moskowitz (signed as Moskowitz)
- Inks
- Sy Moskowitz (signed as Moskowitz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No one knows when I, Doctor Death, may strike, in these blood-curdling tales of terror!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host)
The Monument
Dr. Death / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Inks
- Ernie Bache (signed as Ayers)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am Dr. Death, and this tale of mine is bitter medicine!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host)
- Synopsis
- Medieval Italy: misshapen hunchback Fernando wants to win the people's affection by building them a magnificent monument. But the construction has its flaws.
Indexer Notes
Bache inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Dick Ayers.
The Curse Of the Odyssey
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The gold had been found and the journey to the boat was easy... the journey back towards the coast was supposed to be even easier.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A group of adventurers find the treasure of Ulysses. Cursed as it is, the men have to relive the perils of the Odyssey and get decimated one by one.
Facts About Witches and Witchcraft
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The witch or warlock was the slave of the deveil -- and carried out his orders in accordance with the compact by which the witch signed over her soul...
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Recruitment of witches and warlocks by Satan and their dealings at sabbath.
The Simbis of Zimbabwe
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jan Meeyersburg sat comfortably on a large oversized chair.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Three men witness a ghostly native ritual and try to take pictures.
Stand-In for Death
Dr. Death / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No one knows when I, Doctor Death ---- may strike!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host); Karl Danner; Alec Norden; Helene Norden; Lew Tilden; Doctor Feder
- Synopsis
- Karl Danner steals the coat of a dying man and uses the ticket he finds in its pockets to escape aboard a ferry. Unfortunately he has chosen the ferry of the dead and is doomed to ride along.
- Reprints
-
from This Magazine Is Haunted (Fawcett, 1951 series) #1 (October 1951)
-
- Keywords
- ferry ticket
Quest of the Beyond!!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Bill Molno (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Ray Osrin (signed as Osrin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The night was black, and the car sped down the lonely half-flooded highway through the storm!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Victor Manson can retrieve his wife from Death’s realm – and trick the devil. Who send him there on this errand.
Indexer Notes
Molno pencils per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/10/joe-shusters-charlton-ghost.html
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Table of Contents
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["No one knows when I, Doctor Death, may strike, in these blood-curdling tales of terror!"]
Dr. Death -
1.
The Monument
Dr. Death -
2.
The Curse Of the Odyssey
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3.
Facts About Witches and Witchcraft
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4.
The Simbis of Zimbabwe
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5.
Stand-In for Death
Dr. Death -
6.
Quest of the Beyond!!
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7.
Given!
Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Mike Nielsen
- Paul Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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