(January 1969)

Charlton, 1956 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
Sal Gentile (managing editor)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock
Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was ongoing

The Beginning of the End Part II (Table of Contents)

The Lonely War of Captain Willy Schultz / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Cover uses panels from inside story.

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Outpost (Table of Contents: 1)

Devil's Brigade / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Will Franz
Pencils
Charles Nicholas [as Nicholas] (signed)
Inks
Vince Alascia [as Alascia] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
B-1438
Genre
war
Characters
Devil's Brigade [Major Terry Graeme; Malcolm Sears; Benny Heinz]; Lt. Colonel Jeff Abbott
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Indexer Notes

Nicholas-Alascia signature is barely legible.

The Terrible Fears of P.F.C. Bolton! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Bache (signed)
Inks
Ernie Bache (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
B-1884
Genre
war
Synopsis
PFC Bolton learns to fight Charlie after being scared of snakes, spiders and tigers in this Vietnam War story.
Reprints
Keywords
helicopters; leopard; M-16; spiders; tiger; Vietnam War

Defeat at Mebes (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
historical; war
Characters
Exertes the Great; Dales; Malista; King Astares II
Synopsis
Exertes the Great sends emissaries to King Astares II to demand his surrender. But King Astares uses technology to defeat Exertes' navy.

The Beginning of the End Part 2 (Table of Contents: 4)

The Lonely War of Captain Willy Schultz / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Will Franz
Pencils
Sam Glanzman
Inks
Sam Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
B-1573
Genre
war
Characters
Captain Willy Schultz
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from writer's webpage (https://williamsfranz.wordpress.com/on-writing/worksummary/).

Lest We Forget an Undeniable Fact of Life... (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Beginning of the End Part II
    The Lonely War of Captain Willy Schultz
  2. 1. Outpost
    Devil's Brigade
  3. 2. The Terrible Fears of P.F.C. Bolton!
  4. 3. Defeat at Mebes
  5. 4. The Beginning of the End Part 2
    The Lonely War of Captain Willy Schultz
  6. 5. Lest We Forget an Undeniable Fact of Life...
    Charlton
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