(August 1954)
Charlton,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- 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
The Payoff!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Secret agents fight aboard a train over a valuable vial containing deadly germs.
- Reprints
-
in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #3 (2005) - 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 Murder (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2017 series) #22 (Summer 2017)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1420-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury - 1954
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Indexer Notes
Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
Food For Thought
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Molno ?
- Inks
- Ray Osrin ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Ruthless killer Gus hides at his sister's house. He kills the inhabitants to last longer on the remaining food, but eats poisoned mushrooms and dies.
Retribution
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- With the help of magic, detective John Carbone gets back at the Wilton mob for killing his partner. He transforms the gangsters into animals like rats, snakes, gorillas, coyotes, vultures and sheep.
The Kill!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- Vince Alascia ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Calvin Brock kills a man aboard a ship for a bag of diamonds and escapes by jumping into the water. Or does he?
Indexer Notes
Write-in contest for readers to contribute a story ending.
Deadly Seance!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony Tallarico (signed)
- Inks
- Tony Tallarico (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Gangster has his fortune told and is killed in the process.
Von Mohl Vs The Ants!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Hugo von Mohl runs his African plantation with an iron fist. When he faces an invasion of killer ants, von Mohl fights them with dynamite, guns and fire. But he overlooks a hole the pesty bugs slip through.
- Reprints
- in Scary Tales (Charlton, 1975 series) #20 (June 1979)
- in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #3 (2005)
- 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 Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag, 1974 series) #1125 - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1420-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury - 1954
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Moment of Decision!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter ?
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Tim Fenwick is a robber and murderer on the run. Loaded with two heavy bags of money, he jumps into the river and is dragged underwater trying to escape the police.
Indexer Notes
Readers' ending to write-in contest in "Strange Suspense Stories" #17 from March 1954.
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.
The Payoff!
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2.
Food For Thought
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3.
Retribution
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4.
The Kill!
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5.
Deadly Seance!
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6.
Von Mohl Vs The Ants!
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7.
Moment of Decision!
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