(December 1957)
Charlton,
1956 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (editor)
A Journey into the Unreal
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A shaman puts a curse on an explorer trying to steal an ancient idol.
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46, #120 ([circa 1971]) -
in The Art of Ditko (IDW, 2009 series) (November 2009) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2118 - A Steve Ditko SF / Mystery Giant #1 ([September] 2018), #2331-A - Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds Readers Giant #1 (2019)
-
Night Call
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-2169
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A doctor receives a call for help in the middle of the night. When he gets lost in the fog he ends up helping a sick man in an old log cabin. After he leaves he found out he went back in time more than 150 years.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46, #120 ([circa 1971])
- in Beyond the Grave (Charlton, 1975 series) #16 (August 1984)
- in Escape (Titan, 1986 series) #17 (Spring 1989)
- 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)
-
The Strange Fate of Captain Fenton
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S-1935
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Cruel Captain Fenton throws one of his crew members totem overboard. After the ship capsizes during a storm, Fenton manages to swim to a nearby island where the natives worship him as a God. He is cruel to them as well, until one day the natives revolt when the totem washes up on the beach.
- Reprints
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #3
-
in Golden Comics (Univers Comics, 2009 series) #4 - in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #46, #120 ([circa 1971])
- in Monster Hunters (Charlton, 1975 series) #14 (May 1978)
- in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #3 (2005)
- 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)
-
Snake Snare
text story / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Construction workers in the deep jungle are overwhelmed by snakes and ask the local Indians how they are able to keep snakes out of their village. The natives use wild geese and gift some to the workers.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Has a header illustration.
Where Is Kubar?
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S-2139
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The God Kubar stops a construction crew from destroying an ancient bridge and building a new modern one.
- Reprints
Look Deep Into My Eyes
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S-2140
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A struggling hypnotist finds out he's the descendant of ancient sorcerers who want to endow him with their evil. Before the transfer can occur, a woman slaps him breaking his contact with the spirits.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #85
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 ([1964 ?])
- 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)
-
Father, Help Me!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S-2105
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- An old man is tired of his son stealing so he destroys him. Turns out the son was a robot that he built.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 ([1964 ?])
- in Monster Hunters (Charlton, 1975 series) #14 (May 1978)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #3 - Mysterious Traveler (April 2012)
- in Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2015 series) #27 (Autumn 2018)
- 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
-
0.
A Journey into the Unreal
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1.
Night Call
-
2.
The Strange Fate of Captain Fenton
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3.
Snake Snare
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4.
Where Is Kubar?
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5.
Look Deep Into My Eyes
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6.
Father, Help Me!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Dan Kurdilla
- Frank Plowright
- Mark Q
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Mike White
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