(October 1957)
Charlton,
1956 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (executive editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
What Became of the Man Who Lived for Vengeance?
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #50, #124 ([circa 1971 - 1972]), #196 ([circa 1980 - 1981]) -
in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #945 - Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds -- The Complete Ditko Stories ([September] 2018), #2331-A - Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds Readers Giant #1 (2019)
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Indexer Notes
Cover does not reflect any of the interior stories.
Live for Reunion
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S-2129
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Hal returns to where his parents disappeared twenty years ago and can't decide whether to join them or not.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #50, #124 ([circa 1971 - 1972]), #196 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- in Steve Ditko's The Thing! (Pure Imagination, 2006 series) (2006)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #3 - Mysterious Traveler (April 2012)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2331-A - Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds Readers Giant #1 (2019)
-
Stranger in the House
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- S-1942
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A family is shocked by the sudden appearance of a soldier in the home, instituting new discipline, but it is really just the goings-on in a dollhouse.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #85
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 ([1964 ?])
- in Steve Ditko's The Thing! (Pure Imagination, 2006 series) (2006)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #3 - Mysterious Traveler (April 2012)
- in Ditko's Shorts (IDW, 2014 series) (November 2014)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2331-A - Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds Readers Giant #1 (2019)
-
- Keywords
- dollhouse; toy soldier
The Mirage
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1681
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- A man breaks out of jail on the edge of a desert and vows to cross it. Unfortunately, while a guard fired at him, he must have hit the canteen he prepared as it is now empty. As he pushes himself to crest a dune, he spies an oasis with beautiful women. He rationalizes that it must be a mirage and pushes himself to continue following the compass he has crafted deeper into the desert. After he is gone, the beautiful women wonder why the stranger turned away.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 ([1964 ?])
- in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #3 (2005)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in The Creativity of Ditko (IDW, 2012 series) #[nn] (July 2012)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2331-A - Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds Readers Giant #1 (2019)
-
- Keywords
- desert; mirage; oasis; prison escape
Stowaway
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1306
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A boy stows away on a rocketship and the crew are most displeased to discover him, until he fixes some damage outside the ship picked up on its space voyage, since he is the only one small enough to fit into the duct.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #43
- in Steve Ditko's The Thing! (Pure Imagination, 2006 series) (2006)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2331-A - Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds Readers Giant #1 (2019)
-
- Keywords
- stowaway
A Dreamer's World
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1573
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A test pilot sees a viking sailor and a young woman standing outside his cockpit. He exits his plane to speak with them. The viking tells him that he has entered a "dreamer's world," where people like him end up when they die. The woman protests that she's not dead, and the pilot realizes that she must be in trouble in the real world. The pilot grabs her by the hand and the two of them make a break for the jet cockpit. Once he lands, she is nowhere in sight, but he finds her passed out in a room of dangerous smoldering chemicals. She revives and recognizes him as the man from her vision.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #85
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 ([1964 ?])
- in Steve Ditko's The Thing! (Pure Imagination, 2006 series) (2006)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2331-A - Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds Readers Giant #1 (2019)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
What Became of the Man Who Lived for Vengeance?
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1.
Live for Reunion
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2.
Stranger in the House
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3.
The Mirage
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4.
Aucas
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5.
Stowaway
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6.
A Dreamer's World
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7.
Our Atomic Future
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