(1962)
Charlton,
1962 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1962
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication [corner triangle]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
Based on the 1962 movie "Marco Polo". A Panda Film Production. An American International Picture. Starring Rory Calhoun and Yoko Tani. Directed by Hugo Fregonese. This Italian movie was released in the U.S. in August 1962; the comic book was likely released in August or September to tie-in with the movie.
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Marco Polo / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano ? (see notes); Sam Glanzman (signed as S. J. G)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano ? (see notes); Sam Glanzman (signed as S. J. G)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; historical; adventure
- Characters
- Marco Polo
- Reprints
- Keywords
- movie adaptation
Indexer Notes
Nick Caputo suspects that Dick Giordano may have drawn Marco Polo's face.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Sam Glanzman (signed as S. J. G)
- Inks
- Sam Glanzman (signed as S. J. G)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-2198
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; historical; adventure
- Characters
- Marco Polo; Amuray; Mongka; Ciu-Lin; Cuday; Lukiuk; Kublai Khan
- Synopsis
- A nobleman of Venice found adventure and romance in the court of Kubla Khan.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- movie adaptation
The Case of the Third Taxi
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Herman Berg; Charles Coller; Arthur Ross; Thomas Pearbody; Peter Moshy; Stuart Lanigan; Mildred Bowers; Dave Arkuss; John Ellwood
- Synopsis
- Herman Berg investigates the dreams of Mildred Bowers.
- Reprints
What You Do in Spare Time
Your Role in the Cold War / public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-1553
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Jerry
- Synopsis
- How teenagers spend their spare time.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Page was published in various Charlton titles of the period.
Save the Beasts
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- A-1819
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- Protecting animals from people.
- Reprints
Lest We Forget: Theodore Roosevelt
Lest We Forget / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-1578
- Genre
- biography; history; non-fiction
- Characters
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- Biography of Theodore Roosevelt.
- Reprints
-
in Marco Polo (Avalon Communications, 1998 series) (1998) - in ACG Comics Presents Fire and Steel (Avalon Communications, 2001 series) (2001) [and other Charlton titles of the period]
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Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
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Marco Polo -
1.
["Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method can build you a magnificent new he-man-muscled body in just ten minutes a day"]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System -
2.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo -
3.
The Case of the Third Taxi
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4.
What You Do in Spare Time
Your Role in the Cold War -
5.
Save the Beasts
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6.
Lest We Forget: Theodore Roosevelt
Lest We Forget -
7.
["Are you skinny like I was?"]
American Body Building Club -
8.
["204 pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set only $1.98"]
Revolutionary War Soldiers
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- Peter Croome
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- Ramon Schenk
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