(January 1968)

Charlton, 1967 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Press Inc.
Brand
Charlton Comics
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor)

The Insomniac! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as Rocke)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as Rocke)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You can't escape Carson...
Genre
horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dr. Graves / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as Rocke)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as Rocke)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
B-1137
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A bottle, now broken... an old, weather-beaten comic book... and a bright and shiny .45 automatic...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves (host)

Indexer Notes

Introductory page.

Case:898 The Ghost of Marlin Manor (Table of Contents: 2)

Dr. Graves / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates (credited)
Pencils
Pat Boyette (signed)
Inks
Pat Boyette (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Boyette

Job Number
B-1042
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For me, the case began in the home of Roberta Marlin...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves; Roberta Marlin; Uncle Frank; Roberta's Mother (ghost)
Synopsis
Dr. Graves solves the case of Marlin Manor and determines that a ghost is not to blame.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dr. Graves participates in the story instead of just being the reader's host.

War Against the Uninhabited (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Tallarico ?
Pencils
Tony Tallarico ?; Bill Fraccio ?
Inks
Tony Tallarico
Colors
?
Letters
Tony Tallarico

Job Number
B-3817
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Attention, Earthlings!
Genre
science fiction

Case 634 The Best of All Possible Worlds (Table of Contents: 4)

Dr. Graves / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates (credited)
Pencils
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks
Jim Aparo (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
B-1026
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So here you are, reading a comic book!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves (host); Charles Droople; Dorothy Carson
Synopsis
Charles Droople and his girlfriend Dorothy Carson have been transported into a comic book. Charles doesn't want to leave.
Reprints

2087: Live a Little Longer (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere in this country a baby has just been born what will live past the century mark and may be alive in the year 2087.
Genre
horror-suspense

A Matter of Luck (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Tallarico ?
Pencils
Tony Tallarico ?; Bill Fraccio ?
Inks
Tony Tallarico
Colors
?
Letters
Tony Tallarico

Job Number
A-4828
Genre
horror-suspense

The Insomniac (Table of Contents: 7)

Dr. Graves / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Hector Castellon
Inks
Vince Alascia ?
Colors
?
Letters
Bob Agnew

Job Number
B-1041
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Seventy-two hours have passed since Brad Carson last slept.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves (host)

Indexer Notes

Castellon pencils and possible Alascia inks per Nick Caputo, December 2015.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Insomniac!
  2. 1. ["A bottle, now broken... an old, weather-beaten comic book... and a bright and shiny .45 automatic..."]
    Dr. Graves
  3. 2. Case:898 The Ghost of Marlin Manor
    Dr. Graves
  4. 3. War Against the Uninhabited
  5. 4. Case 634 The Best of All Possible Worlds
    Dr. Graves
  6. 5. 2087: Live a Little Longer
  7. 6. A Matter of Luck
  8. 7. The Insomniac
    Dr. Graves
  9. 8. ["Buy Charlton Comics!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore