(November 1968)

Charlton, 1967 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Press Inc.
Brand
Charlton Comics
Editing
Sal Gentile (editor)

No Chill Like the Touch of The Hand! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pat Boyette (signed)
Inks
Pat Boyette (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Boyette

Genre
horror-suspense

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears on the inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dr. Graves / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Bill Fraccio
Inks
Tony Tallarico
Colors
?
Letters
Tony Tallarico ?

Job Number
B-1584
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come once again into the world of the supernatural!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves (host)

Indexer Notes

Introductory page. Skeates script confirmed by the author.

The Stranger (Table of Contents: 3)

Dr. Graves / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Bill Fraccio
Inks
Tony Tallarico
Colors
?
Letters
Tony Tallarico

Job Number
B-1582
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He stood for awhile just outside the small Texas town.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves

The Ghost Strikes at Seven (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"I never had the pleasure of knowing the late lamented Lord Lindville," apologized Mr. Robert Grover to me.
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

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

Regency Mail Order Novelties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Lost Chord (Table of Contents: 6)

Dr. Graves / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Hector Castellon
Inks
Vince Alascia
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-1643
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In this business of ghost-busting, one comes in contact with all things mystical...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Nick Caputo, January 2019.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Liftee Height Increase Pads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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 (illustration)

Indexer Notes

The wrong letterhead was mistakenly used. Letters of comment from Name Withheld, Phyllis B. and B. Epstein.

The Hand (Case 262) (Table of Contents: 10)

Dr. Graves / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates (credited)
Pencils
Pat Boyette (credited)
Inks
Pat Boyette (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Boyette

Job Number
B-1679
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You are about to meet a man destined for disaster as we open the file on case 262... titled... The Hand.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just within your reach... mysterious in the dark tales.

Indexer Notes

Promo ad for Charlton horror comics featuring covers of Ghost Manor, The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves and Ghostly Tales.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Padell Books / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for various books on martial arts and hypnotism.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Classified ads

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears on the inside rear cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appears on the rear cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. No Chill Like the Touch of The Hand!
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. ["Come once again into the world of the supernatural!"]
    Dr. Graves
  4. 3. The Stranger
    Dr. Graves
  5. 4. The Ghost Strikes at Seven
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Regency Mail Order Novelties
  7. 6. The Lost Chord
    Dr. Graves
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Grit Newspaper
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Liftee Height Increase Pads
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Haunted House
  11. 10. The Hand (Case 262)
    Dr. Graves
  12. 11. ["Just within your reach... mysterious in the dark tales."]
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Padell Books
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore