(May 1954)
Charlton,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale date
- 1954
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
- A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago [as Designed by Al Fago Studios]
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was ongoing
What Was in Sam Dora's Box?
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sam Dora
- Synopsis
- Recluse Sam Dora always carries a box on his shoulder. Curiosity is killing the townspeople - until one of them has a fatal look.
- Reprints
-
in Ghost Manor (Charlton, 1971 series) #73 (March 1984) - in Steve Ditko: Edge of Genius (Pure Imagination, 2008 ? series) (2008)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #1 - Strange Suspense (October 2009)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1420-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury - 1954
-
Indexer Notes
Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
The Matchless Firebug!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Dick Ayers ?; Ernie Bache ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The arsonist Sam Match sets fires to buildings and his employers to cover his tracks.
Tight Squeeze
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Prospector Jeb kills his partner Vance for his share of gold dust. He makes it look like a robbery with himself as a second victim. But his plan has a catch.
Burning Revenge
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The ghost of John Clark awaits three brutal gangsters in his house and lets them kill each other.
The Jaws of Death!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Dick Ayers ?; Ernie Bache ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Photographer "Ace" Madigan tries to capture a dragon-god fire ritual on film, but perishes while doing so.
Face to Face!
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- The Ajax twin brothers try to kill each other to change identities.
Indexer Notes
This is reader Caroline Denver's solution to the quiz "Face to Face!" that appeared in Lawbreakers Suspense #15 (November 1953).
Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
Dead Right!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Mord; Sam Drake; Ken Karl; Mephistopheles (cat)
- Synopsis
- Two newspaper reporters go story hunting and end up with more than they could ever have hoped for. Because Mr. Mord's strange wax museum proves to be a hell's kitchen itself.
- Reprints
- in Steve Ditko: Edge of Genius (Pure Imagination, 2008 ? series) (2008)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #1 - Strange Suspense (October 2009)
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #29 (August 2017)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1420-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury - 1954
-
Indexer Notes
Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
What Was in Sam Dora's Box?
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2.
The Matchless Firebug!
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3.
Tight Squeeze
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4.
Burning Revenge
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5.
The Jaws of Death!
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6.
Face to Face!
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7.
Dead Right!
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