(July 1969)

Charlton, 1966 Series
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Volume
4
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
Sal Gentile (editor)

Issue Notes

1968 circulation: 142,635.

The House of Spiders (Table of Contents)

Mr. Dedd / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Reprints

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

Mr. Dedd / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come in, won't you... come into my "House of Spiders" where the furry little creatures scampering about are far nicer than the supposedly human creatures you may have noticed in the background... heh, heh, heh...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)

The Surgeon Must Also Die (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Fraccio
Inks
Tony Tallarico
Colors
?
Letters
Tony Tallarico ?

Job Number
B-1951
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do not be schocked, my fiends... (he means friends maybe?) this gentleman who calls himself a doctor of medicine and a member of good standing of the college of surgeons is neither.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Reprints

Ghost or No Ghost? (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Some people will tell you that my hobby consists of studying cases of Haunted Houses.
Genre
horror-suspense

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

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Pay the Price ...Twice! (Table of Contents: 5)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Hector Castellon (signed); Steve Ditko (see notes)
Inks
Vince Alascia (signed); Steve Ditko (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Burzon ?

Job Number
B-1839
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On April 15, 1912, the largest ship of its time, the Titanic, was on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Reprints
Keywords
The Titanic

Indexer Notes

Mr. Dedd image on splash page is a stat from a Ditko-drawn story.

The House of Spiders (Table of Contents: 6)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill (credited)
Pencils
Sanho Kim (credited) (signed as S Kim)
Inks
Sanho Kim (credited) (signed as S Kim)
Colors
?
Letters
Sanho Kim
Editing
Sal Gentile (credited)

Job Number
B-1953
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heh! Heh! Heh! It looks like we have a visitor here in the house of spiders.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Letters to the Haunted House / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sal Gentile ?
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustration)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Tom Prehoda and Brad Cunningham.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The House of Spiders
    Mr. Dedd
  2. 1. ["Come in, won't you... come into my "House of Spiders" where the furry little creatures scampering about are far nicer than the supposedly human creatures you may have noticed in the background... heh, heh, heh..."]
    Mr. Dedd
  3. 2. The Surgeon Must Also Die
    Mr. Dedd
  4. 3. Ghost or No Ghost?
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Pay the Price ...Twice!
    Mr. Dedd
  7. 6. The House of Spiders
    Mr. Dedd
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Haunted House
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore