Midnight Tales
#16
(January 1976)
Charlton,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Charlton Comics [bullseye]
- Editing
- George Wildman
[no title indexed]
Midnight Philosopher / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Inks
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Colors
- Wayne Howard
- Letters
- Wayne Howard
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professor Coffin [Midnight Philosopher]; Arachne
- Reprints
in 
The Heroes
Midnight Philosopher / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Pencils
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Inks
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Colors
- Wayne Howard
- Letters
- Wayne Howard
- Job Number
- D-7594
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professor Coffin [Midnight Philosopher]; Arachne; Perelli
- Synopsis
- Professor Coffing tries to talk a man out of jumping to his death.
Indexer Notes
This is the framing sequence for the other stories in this issue.
Ambia!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Pencils
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Inks
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Colors
- Wayne Howard
- Letters
- Wayne Howard
- Job Number
- D-7563
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ambia; Zagga
- Synopsis
- Queen Ambia must protect her land from the evil ogre Zagga.
- Reprints
The Harbinger of Hate
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Nicola Cuti ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (illustration)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Image likely taken from one of Charlton's mystery stories.
Time Out!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Pencils
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Inks
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Colors
- Wayne Howard
- Letters
- Wayne Howard
- Job Number
- D-7564
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Merl Scully; Gloria Scully
- Synopsis
- Merl Scully has to stop an invading group of Time Travellers.
Oberyll
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Pencils
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Inks
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Colors
- Wayne Howard
- Letters
- Wayne Howard
- Job Number
- D-7593
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Leah; Oberyll
- Synopsis
- Oberyll is elected champion to rescue Leah from the Harpies.
- Reprints
-
in Charlton Classics (Charlton, 1980 series) #3 (September 1980) -
in Swords of Valor (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #2 (1990 [copyright date]) - in Barbarians (Avalon Communications, 1998 series) #1 (1998)
-
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Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Midnight Philosopher -
1.
The Heroes
Midnight Philosopher -
2.
Ambia!
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3.
The Harbinger of Hate
-
4.
Time Out!
-
5.
Oberyll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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