(October 1955)
Charlton,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-08-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
Corner Triangle CDC
- Editing
- Al Fago (Executive Editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from cover markings on copy out of the Bill Devine collection.
Melody of Hate
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Neal Valentine (song writer); Jill (fiancee); Harry Jefferson (uncle and crooked publisher); Paul Starr (guitarist); Boppy Gates (pianist); Avalon Ayres (singer); Riverboat Davis (musician)
- Synopsis
- Why was he interested in the fate of the missing musician?
- Reprints
-
in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #62, #5 ([1963? ]) [Black and white ], #101 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #132 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #163 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed by Marc Swayze in a letter published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 8, No. 9, September 1997.
Mr. Bleeding Heart
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- [None]
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Reprints
As Thousands Jeer
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
-
from The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series) #57 (March 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Masthead is illustrated with 15 faces.
The Missing Witness Mystery
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Stan Campbell (signed)
- Inks
- Stan Campbell (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Lawbreakers (Charlton, 1951 series) #5 (February 1952)
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #244 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
-
What Would You Do?
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Harp Winters; Jean Winters
- Synopsis
- In search for uranium, Harp is trapped on a mountain by a cougar.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
The art is identical to Stone's signed stories in Racket Squad in Action #18 and #20. Especially the zig-zag eyebrows and the ears.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
2.
Melody of Hate
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3.
Mr. Bleeding Heart
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4.
As Thousands Jeer
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5.
The Missing Witness Mystery
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6.
[no title indexed]
Strongmen's Club of America -
7.
What Would You Do?
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8.
["Our story opens in the Park Avenue mansion of Silas Monroe."]
Minit Mystery
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Bill Devine
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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