(September 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]
Who Will He Be?
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An Arabian tyrant uses sleep-deprivation to torture his opponents and find out about assassination plots about him. Some day something out of the ordinary happens.
The Well of Fear!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Molno [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks
- Ray Osrin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Bankrobbers Logan and Sellis get trapped in an old well and can't get out. They mistrust each other and won't help the other to escape. They both perish miserably.
Indexer Notes
Cover story. Molno pencils per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/10/joe-shusters-charlton-ghost.html
Surprise Package
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Carl Memling
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (Signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Gustav Perrin steals a miniature atom bomb, but loses it to a suicidal stranger who jumps off a building with it. The jumper, however, has a parachute and does an advertisement stunt.
Indexer Notes
Reader's solution to write-in-contest for a new ending from "Strange Suspense Stories" #19 (July 1954).
Memling script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/04/carl-memling-suspense-stories.html
Sam the Seer
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Sam Snittleman can foresee the future. He knows that a crime mobster will kill him. When he does, Snittleman returns from the dead as "Mr. Vision" and leads the police to his murderers.
This Bite is Sweet!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Peter North is a vampire. He settles down in a village in the Pyrenees and terrorizes the good people. When he meets the lovely Monique, North is torn between love and blood lust.
Indexer Notes
first-person narrative
The Mark of the Ripper!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Police detective Baird has to bring down the "Ripper", a knife-wielding maniac on the loose. Following the clues Baird is confronted with the fact that he himself is the "Ripper".
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
First page of the story has a "Steve Ditko-ish" appearance to the art.
No Questions Asked
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Dr. Hurtt needs fresh cadavers for his anatomy sessions. When he gets blackmailed he decides to commit a murder and thus kill two birds with one stone.
Indexer Notes
Write-in contest for readers to contribute an ending to this story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Who Will He Be?
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2.
The Well of Fear!
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3.
Surprise Package
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4.
Sam the Seer
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5.
This Bite is Sweet!
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6.
The Mark of the Ripper!
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7.
No Questions Asked
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- Tillmann Courth
- Daniel Thingvold
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
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