(October 1944)

Charlton, 1944 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale date
1944
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Frank Comunale Publishing Company
Editing
?
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was ongoing

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Yellowjacket / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Gregg [as GG] (inset); George Gregg ? (Yellowjacket)
Inks
George Gregg [as GG] (inset); George Gregg ? (Yellowjacket)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]; Rosita
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Yellowjacket / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Ken Battefield
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Crime on the loose in a radio program...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]

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

Diana the Huntress / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Schrotter
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Beaten but not defeated
Genre
superhero
Characters
Diana the Huntress; Hercules; Jupiter; Mercury; Discordia
Synopsis
Diana and the gods from Mt. Olympus help the Greek guerrillas to fight the German invaders.

Indexer Notes

"From Mt. Olympus, legendary home of the gods come the immortals to aid their heroic Greek descendants in the struggle for freedom..."
Gus is credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the art here is similar to his signed story in Heroic Comics #38. He has some special scrolls in the ears.

Liberator Team (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Hodges (signed)
Letters
typeset
Genre
sports; war

Aerial Photography (Table of Contents: 4)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
How to take pictures with a box camera and a kite.

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

Heroic Harry / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

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

Debunker / filler / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Monroe Doctrine was written...
Genre
non-fiction

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

King of the Beasts / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A three minute sketch...
Genre
adventure

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

Harbor Lights / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudy Palais
Inks
Rudy Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahoy, Cap'n what's the good word from the cannery?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Fred S. French; Hank (mate); Lieutenant Yammamoto
Synopsis
A Japanese sailing schooner takes an American fishing vessel as a prize, but one of the crew slips overboard and surprises the Japanese.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Ken Battefield, but the pouchy eyes often out of fokus and a marked line down the cheek in sideview are certain signs of Palais. Also the movement of hands. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

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

Bee Lines / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Und so ve haf made this...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Filipino Kid / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Gregg (signed)
Inks
George Gregg
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Juan...I see that head wound you received in the plane crack up healed!
Genre
war
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Yellowjacket
  2. 1. ["Crime on the loose in a radio program..."]
    Yellowjacket
  3. 2. ["Beaten but not defeated"]
    Diana the Huntress
  4. 3. Liberator Team
  5. 4. Aerial Photography
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Heroic Harry
  7. 6. ["The Monroe Doctrine was written..."]
    Debunker
  8. 7. ["A three minute sketch..."]
    King of the Beasts
  9. 8. ["Ahoy, Cap'n what's the good word from the cannery?"]
    Harbor Lights
  10. 9. ["Und so ve haf made this..."]
    Bee Lines
  11. 10. ["Hi, Juan...I see that head wound you received in the plane crack up healed!"]
    Filipino Kid
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