(November 1968)

Charlton, 1966 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1968
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Press, Inc.
Brand
Charlton Comics
Editing
Sal Gentile (Managing Editor)

Button Button (Table of Contents)

Mr. Dedd / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pat Boyette (signed as PB)
Inks
Pat Boyette (signed as PB)
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Boyette; Herb Field ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If the general pushes that button, mankind will perish!
Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (illustration); Pat Boyette (illustration); Bill Fraccio [as Tony Williams] (illustration)
Inks
Steve Ditko (illustration); Pat Boyette (illustration); Tony Tallarico [as Tony Williams] (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Field ?; Tony Tallarico

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sleep well, my friend, sleep the sleep of centuries.
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)

Indexer Notes

Images taken from interior stories.

Pop Goes Popolos (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
D. J. Arneson
Pencils
Bill Fraccio [as Tony Williams]
Inks
Tony Tallarico [as Tony Williams]
Colors
?
Letters
Tony Tallarico ?

Job Number
B-1623
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're surprised to see me eating?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/05/norm-dipluhm-d-j-arneson.html

Finders Keepers...Losers Dead! (Table of Contents: 3)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Field

Job Number
B-1622
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)
Reprints

Dhahabu (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I was born in Africa at the turn of the century.
Genre
horror-suspense

Button Button (Table of Contents: 5)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Pat Boyette
Inks
Pat Boyette
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Boyette

Job Number
B-1696
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome to Camp kay!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host); Capt. Terry Sullivan; General Thump; Chet; Prof. Sturdivant Kleep
Reprints

Indexer Notes

In the letters page of Ghostly Tales # 70 in reply to a fan it was stated that Boyette worked from a script, although the author was not identified.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Letters to the Haunted House / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sal Gentile ?
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustration)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Mr. L. Dedd (host)

The Evil Eye (Table of Contents: 7)

Dr. Graves / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Kaler ?
Pencils
Ernie Bache (signed as Bache)
Inks
Ernie Bache (signed as Bache)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-1256
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. M. T. Graves
Reprints

Indexer Notes

In the news section of Comic Comments # 9, November 1966, Dave Kaler is listed as writer of the Dr. Graves shorts in Ghostly Tales.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Button Button
    Mr. Dedd
  2. 1. ["Sleep well, my friend, sleep the sleep of centuries."]
  3. 2. Pop Goes Popolos
    Mr. Dedd
  4. 3. Finders Keepers...Losers Dead!
    Mr. Dedd
  5. 4. Dhahabu
  6. 5. Button Button
    Mr. Dedd
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Haunted House
  8. 7. The Evil Eye
    Dr. Graves
  9. 8. ["Just within your reach... mysterious in the dark tales"]
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