(May 1957)
Charlton,
1956 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (executive editor); Burton Levey (credited as Burton N. Levey) (editor)
Issue Notes
Statement of ownership in this issue lists editor as Burton N. Levey as of September 30 1956.
Edward Levy as Publisher.
John Santangelo as business manager.
The indicia lists Fago as executive editor.
Edward Levy as Publisher.
John Santangelo as business manager.
The indicia lists Fago as executive editor.
[no title indexed]
Mysterious Traveler / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Reprints
-
in Valor (Export Newspaper Service, 1955 ? series) #22 -
in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #1 (1962) - in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #83 ([circa 1971 - 1972])
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2015 series) #19 (Summer 2016)
- in Silver Age Classics: Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (PS Artbooks, 2018 series) #1 (September 2018), #1 (September 2018)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2429-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury: 1955-1957 (2019)
-
The Man Who Came Back
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- S1393
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His name is Tony Malento...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host); Tony Malento
- Synopsis
- Boxer Tony Malento travels through time to discover why he lost his most recent fight.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Gary L. Watson (10/2008). Possible McLaughlin inks per Nick Caputo, April 2013. Gary Watson credited Sal Trapani.
Nothing Doing!
Tightwad Tad / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tightwad Tad
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #142 (March 1953)
- in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
- in Silver Age Classics: Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (PS Artbooks, 2018 series) #1 (September 2018)
-
Secret Mission
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S1602
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the history of men and nations...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host); John Krakma
- Synopsis
- Painter and spy John Krakma returns to the communist-dominated Czechoslovakia he fled.
- Reprints
- in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in Silver Age Classics: Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (PS Artbooks, 2018 series) #1 (September 2018)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2429-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury: 1955-1957 (2019)
- in Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2015 series) #32 (Autumn 2020)
-
Pipe Peril
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The last batch of cookies that I made...
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Dorothy Perry; Hilda Lange; Thelma Horton; Lieutenant Arthur Craven; John Perry; Harry Vogel; Mike Davosi; Little Neta
- Synopsis
- Dorothy Perry falls down a pipe.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #63
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #120 ([circa 1972 - 1973]), #232 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
- in Silver Age Classics: Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (PS Artbooks, 2018 series) #1 (September 2018)
-
The Only Law
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 4.8 pages
- Job Number
- S1068
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, pa...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Edward Stone; Ben Hurley; Maria Hurley
- Synopsis
- Edward Stone proves a suitable husband for Ben Hurley's daughter Maria.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #87
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #32, #171 ([circa 1977 - 1978])
- in Silver Age Classics: Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (PS Artbooks, 2018 series) #1 (September 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Gary L. Watson (10/2008). Last page has a statement of ownership and management.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
- Script
- Burton Levey (credited as Burton N. Levey)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
The End of the Medium
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S371
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inspector Hartsworth speaking!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Svengo; Inspector Hartsworth
- Synopsis
- Svengo the Medium's death turns out to be anything but supernatural.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Gary L. Watson (10/2008).
The Fire Big!
Headline Harry / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Headline Harry
- Reprints
- from The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series) #88 (October 1953)
- in Silver Age Classics: Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (PS Artbooks, 2018 series) #1 (September 2018)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Mysterious Traveler -
1.
The Man Who Came Back
Mysterious Traveler -
2.
Nothing Doing!
Tightwad Tad -
3.
Secret Mission
Mysterious Traveler -
4.
Pipe Peril
-
5.
The Only Law
Mysterious Traveler -
6.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
-
7.
The End of the Medium
-
8.
The Fire Big!
Headline Harry
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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