(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
- Printer
- Printed in the U. S. A.
- Editing
- Al Fago Studios (credited) (designed by)
in 
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.
- Reprints
The Well of Fear!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Molno (signed as Shuster)
- Inks
- Ray Osrin (signed as Osrin)
- 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.
- Reprints
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 as Giordano)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
- 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.
- Reprints
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.
- Reprints
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.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
first-person narrative
The Mark of the Ripper!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sy Moskowitz (signed as Moskowitz)
- Inks
- Sy Moskowitz (signed as Moskowitz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- 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.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Write-in contest for readers to contribute an ending to this story.
Come On, Buddy, Quit Being a Bag-of-Bones Weakling Like I Was
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Hello, Bob - Have You Found that Underseas Treasure?
Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
$100,000 Ring Sale
U.S. Diamond House Rings -
2.
Who Will He Be?
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3.
The Well of Fear!
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4.
Surprise Package
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5.
Sam the Seer
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6.
This Bite is Sweet!
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7.
The Mark of the Ripper!
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8.
No Questions Asked
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9.
Amazing Double-Action Skin Treatment
Scope Products -
10.
Why Just Wish for the Things You Want?
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards -
11.
Come On, Buddy, Quit Being a Bag-of-Bones Weakling Like I Was
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
12.
Hello, Bob - Have You Found that Underseas Treasure?
Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Ron Sadowski
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Daniel Thingvold
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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