(April 1956)

Charlton, 1956 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bimonthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Brand
A Charlton Publication
Editing
Al Fago (executive editor)

Issue Notes

Copyright 1956 by Charlton Comics Group.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Zaza the Mystic / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Zaza

Crime That Didn't Occur! (Table of Contents: 1)

Zaza / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Zaza (first appearance); Lt. Bob Nelson (first appearance); Dan Arello (villain); Leo (villain)`

Indexer Notes

Zaza has no mystic abilities. She uses her powers of observation to solve crimes.

Script credit suggested by Jerry Bails's Who's Who. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?".

Park Avenue Party (Table of Contents: 2)

Zaza / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
S651
Genre
detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Zaza; Lt. Bob Nelson; Mrs. Dennis; Winston Hager (villain); Lupo (villain); Lou (villain)

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by Jerry Bails's Who's Who. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?".

No Checks to Cash. (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime
Characters
Detective Al Norton; Detective Ben Egan; Chief Edward Mirkus; Miss Gladys Reggel; William Atlas; Burt Ostrowe (villain); Joe Gidding [also as Joe Moore] (villain); Sam Zinde (villain)

Wizard of Wall Street (Table of Contents: 4)

Zaza / comic story / 5.83 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
S650
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Zaza; Lt. Bob Nelson; Cobb; Wilmer Benton (villain); Thorpe (villain); O'Rell (villain)

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by Jerry Bails's Who's Who. Formerly credited to "Joe Gill ?".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.17 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

States the title as Charlie Chan which had been the series title up until the previous issue.

Penthouse Prisoner (Table of Contents: 6)

Louie Lue / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio ?
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
S234
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Louie Lou (first appearance); Number One Son; Augie Schmidt (villain); Eddie (villain)

Indexer Notes

Louie Lou is a revised version of Charlie Chan whose face is redrawn throughout. This series was titled Charlie Chan from #6-#9.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Zaza the Mystic
  2. 1. Crime That Didn't Occur!
    Zaza
  3. 2. Park Avenue Party
    Zaza
  4. 3. No Checks to Cash.
  5. 4. Wizard of Wall Street
    Zaza
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. Penthouse Prisoner
    Louie Lue
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson