The challenge by comic book historians group moderator jim thompson. A division of charlton publications, which published magazines most notably songlyric magazines, puzzle books and, briefly, books under the monarch and gold star. The charlton arrow comic bookprozine is just around the corner. The ones we skip, i ran across too many unbelievable books to cover in one article. The comic book line was a division of charlton publications, which published magazines most notably songlyric magazines, puzzle books and, briefly, books under the monarch and gold star. I love you 126 this is a reprinted cover, but its much better than the original, which had a box covering half the composition, and more muted colors 34. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. We owe the existence of charlton comics to their presses, but these very same presses were the bane of the company. This title adeptly combined horror with romance, a classic combination, as lovers of gothic romance are aware.
This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. A 44 page full color mag featuring articles and all new comics stor. They eventually went defunct in 1986, with their longestrunning series during their golden age years having been good humor, catholic comics, and true life sec. We have 14 books to download or read online the latest is this magazine is haunted v1 17 guest login register. This began primarily with newspaper reprints and then went up, up and away with the introduction of superman. Charlton, 19711984 and 1978 charlton publications, inc. Charlton comics was founded in 1946 and went out of business in 1985. Identifying artists, analyzing stories, hinting at nifty details, bespeaking points of interest, poking fun at inadaquacies and posting whole stories. Celebrate halloween with charltons gothic romance comic. This title adeptly combined horror with romance, a classic combination, as lovers of gothic. It was part of the gothic romance comic book minitrend of the era, which included the shortlived dc comics series the dark mansion of forbidden love and the sinister house of secret love, and atlasseaboard comics oneshot magazine gothic romances.
They eventually went defunct in 1986, with their longestrunning series during their golden age years having. An aboveaverage copy that shows minor wear but is still relatively flat and clean with no significant creasing or other serious defects. But, you do know the industry legends that called it home. Beginning in late 1953 ditko was given assignments that focused on the horrorfantasyscifi genre the thing, this magazine is haunted, tales of the mysterious traveler, space adventures, space war, out of this world, with occasional forays into western, war and humor. Its been called the 3 legged dog of comics, and the scrappy, streetfighting cousin of marvel and dc. The charlton comics reading library saturday, november 19, 2011. Haunted love is a fun, dark, and devilish exploration of love within horror. The best site for downloading free public domain golden age comic books. An appreciation thread for charlton comics, who started off with yellowjacket comics in 1944 and continued to publish comics after 1956.
I also had another 150 or so covers i liked, but that i didnt quite think were top level. Charlton rocked the groovy age with its mystery thats what they called em. See more ideas about charlton comics, comics and comic covers. See more ideas about charlton comics, comics and comic books. I love haunted love, for instance, so my ranking of those is probably higher than it would be for other people. The majority of our books belong to what has been termed the golden age of comics. We start off with a striking cover by tom sutton, which some readers today may find offensive, but as the old adage goes. Charlton comics publishers charlton comics was an american comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name t.
Ditko had a long association with charlton press dating back to his earliest days in comics. They paid their talent low rates, printed the comics on cheap presses with the cheapest paper and ink, and the mags sometimes looked like theyd been hand trimmed with a saw. The kind words and excitement many of you shared along with my own excitement for them, created the need to revisit my second. Charlton comics manga wiki fandom powered by wikia. The comicbook line was a division of charlton publications, which published magazines most notably songlyric magazines, puzzle books and, briefly, books under the monarch and gold. Day sixs superblyillustrated page comes from love and rockets volume 2. The charlton arrow comic book prozine is just around the corner. Haunted love features rotting tales of supernatural precode romance from putrid horror comics from the vile horror comics of the 1950s. Each story is a period piece set in the 19th or early 20th century. Charlton comics was an american comic book publishing company that existed from 1945 to 1986, having begun under a different name t. Joe staton a kiss to save him from the grave pencils and inks. Just as dcs cain and abel give readers tours of the house of mystery and the house of secrets, charltons. Haunted love comic read comics online in high quality.
Charlton romance page 3 silver age comic books cgc. New listing 1960s charlton comics comic books strange. Big comic page this is the stuff that made people burn comics in. An appreciation thread for charlton comics, who started off with yellowjacket comics in 1944 and continued to publish comics until they went defunct in 1986, their longestrunning series having been fightin marines, fightin army, billy the kid, i love. Welcome to the main page of our massive public domain comic book archive. Published by charlton comics from 1973 to 1975 this is an 11 issue series. To put it mildly, they printed some pretty shoddy looking books. Charlton gothic romance comic book haunted love 4 1970s steve ditko. Bones, professor coffin the midnight philosopher, arachne and winnie the witch, written by nicola cuti. Charlton comics was an american comic book publishing company that. Just as dcs cain and abel give readers tours of the house of mystery and the house of secrets, charltons baron weirwulf leads readers through his haunted library. Soap opera love 1982 soap opera romances 1983 space adventures 1952 space war 1958 strange suspense stories 1967 strange suspense stories 1954 teenage love 1958 the thing 1951 this magazine is haunted 1957.
Haunted love volume 1 chilling archives of horror comics. Haunted love comic books from charlton atomic avenue. Ed levy class8 agent label9 defunct data9 1985 label10 headquarters data10. Cover of many issues reads baron weirwulfs haunted library this series was more commonly known by its cover title, baron weirwulfs haunted library. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4.
Pages and covers firmly attached, light cream colored pages. Charlton comics golden age comic books cgc comic book. The company published comic books in a wide range of genres, reflecting whatever were the variety of. This series was more commonly known by its cover title, baron weirwulfs haunted library. The comic book line was a division of charlton publications, which published magazines most notably songlyric magazines, puzzle books and. As per the splash page, the story was edited by george wildman, written by joe gill, and rendered cover as well by tom sutton. Sweethearts, romantic secrets, romantic story, i love you, teenage love, just married, and teen confessions, all of which dated from the 1950s.
Charlton comics was an american comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name t. Haunted love charlton, 19731975 1974 charlton publications, inc. In 1973, charlton debuted the gothic romance title haunted love, but this same period saw the mass cancellation of almost all of charltons vast stable of traditional romance titles, including such longrunning series as. Big comic page this is the stuff that made people burn comics in the 50s.
The comic book line was a division of charlton publications, which published magazines most notably songlyric magazines, puzzle books and, briefly, books under the monarch and gold star imprints. Haunted love comic read haunted love comic online in. Haunted love 1973 charlton comic books mycomicshop. This website takes an indepthlook at the 74 precode horror comic books from fawcett and charlton publishing companies. We only hold comic books and images that are in the public domain. New listing 1960s charlton comics comic books strange suspense stories unknown worlds.
Haunted love was a horrorromance anthology comic book series published by charlton comics from 1973 1975. Find great deals on ebay for charlton comics and charlton comics lot. An appreciation thread for charlton comics, who started off with yellowjacket comics in 1944 and continued to publish comics until they went defunct in 1986, their longestrunning series having been fightin marines, fightin army, billy the kid, i love you, hot rods and racing cars, sweethearts, and ghostly tales. After last weeks 69 special, we get back to the unheralded bronze age horror covers of charlton. Charlton comics was a family owned company out of derby ct that published comics because it was cheaper than letting the printing presses they owned sit dormant. Ed levy class8 agent label9 defunct data9 1985 label10 headquarters data10 derby.
In 1973, charlton debuted the gothic romance title haunted love, but this same. Do yourselves the favor of checking out the entire run. Charlton gothic romance comic story sleep, my love. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community. Charm of charlton a website about horror comic books. Haunted love charlton comics comic january 1, 1965 by charlton comics author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
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