(September 1944)
Charlton,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-07-26 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Frank Comunale Publishing Company
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date taken from stamp on comic book currently in the image archive.
Cataloged from a scan at Digital Comics Museum.
Cataloged from a scan at Digital Comics Museum.
in 
[no title indexed]
Yellowjacket / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All things have a beginning --
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Yellowjacket [Vince Harley] (introduction; origin); Judy Graves; Jake Mallon (gang boss)
- Synopsis
- A gang of crooks chasing a girl, enter the house of Vince Harley, crime fiction writer and beekeeper. The girl slips away and the gang decide to finish Vince off by dumping a hive full of yellowjacket bees inside his house. He is immune to bee stings, can even control them, and gets the idea of how to fight the gang in a yellowjacket outfit.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
The crude figures and faces are similar to Battefield's credited stories in this series.
[no title indexed]
Diana the Huntress / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mount Olympus -- the hall of the gods...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Diana the Huntress (introduction); Hercules; Jupiter; Mercury; Discordia
- Synopsis
- On Mount Olympus, Zeus decides to let the gods come to the aid of the Allies in their fight against Japan and Germany. Diana is to help them in Greece.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The art here is similar to Schrotter's signed story in Heroic Comics (Eastern, 1943 series) #38. He has some special scrolls in the ears.
The Black Cat
Famous Tales of Terror / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Edgar Allan Poe (story); ? (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Bill Allison
- Inks
- Bill Allison
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Pluto (black cat)
- Synopsis
- Adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story "The Black Cat"
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The very open eyes and soft, rounded inking and also movement is similar to Allison's many credited stories, like Blue Circle Comics #2, Camera Comics #1, Cowboy Western #38.
[no title indexed]
Debunker / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Washington was first president of the U.S.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Three trivia facts with illustrations
[no title indexed]
King of the Beasts / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Danny King -- the King of the Beasts -- finds he must seize his whip from the hand of death!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Danny King (introduction); Russo; Lucy Flair; Whip Chandler
- Synopsis
- A lion tamer is fired for being drunk, and Danny King gets his chance to handle the big cats and the vengeful ex-lion tamer.
Indexer Notes
DeLay can be recognized by the "slow" movement of the rather short figures. Also faces and the layout style more like old book illustrations.
The Man Who Should Have Died
Harbor Lights / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Jack
- Synopsis
- A sailor is taken captive aboard a Nazi u-boat and lives to tell his story.
[no title indexed]
Bee Lines / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Better count the crew, captain -- I just found the bomb bay doors open!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- 8 gag panels
[no title indexed]
Filipino Kid / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Peril strikes at the Phillipines from Japan --
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Juan Manito [Filipino Kid]; Felipe
- Synopsis
- The Japanese march into Manila, and Juan takes up the fight against them.
Indexer Notes
Art was previously attributed to Gerald Altman, but the way the eyes, teeth, and ears are drawn more closely resembles those of Chu’s in his Green Turtle art from Blazing Comics (1944-1945). Some of the lettering on the torii on the splash page also matches the lettering on his signed Late Summer painting from 1934: http://chimericaneyes.blogspot.com/2014/01/about-artist-chu-f-hing.html
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["All things have a beginning --"]
Yellowjacket -
2.
["Mount Olympus -- the hall of the gods..."]
Diana the Huntress -
3.
Message for the Cops
-
4.
The Black Cat
Famous Tales of Terror -
5.
["Washington was first president of the U.S."]
Debunker -
6.
["Danny King -- the King of the Beasts -- finds he must seize his whip from the hand of death!"]
King of the Beasts -
7.
The Man Who Should Have Died
Harbor Lights -
8.
["Better count the crew, captain -- I just found the bomb bay doors open!"]
Bee Lines -
9.
["Peril strikes at the Phillipines from Japan --"]
Filipino Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Craig Delich
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Karsten S.
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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