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After entering the genre with the short-lived title Pictorial Love Stories, the series True Life Secrets became Charlton's first successful romance title.  The series would be the publisher's only romance title throughout the early 1950s, until the acquisition of Fawcett's Sweethearts and Romantic Story in 1954.  These and other titles followed, and Charlton became one of[...]

As we've recently noted, 1953's Sweethearts #119, with its Marilyn Monroe cover, is the most sought-after issue of that title from the Fawcett era of the series.  By the end of that year, Fawcett had sold all its comic book titles "except the Marvels" to Charlton, where Sweethearts and others continued.  Through a series of[...]

Check it out below. Credit Heritage Auctions Sweetheart Diary Stuffed With Content Sweetheart Diary #45 (Charlton, 1959) Condition: VF-. The Dick Giordano cover pays homage to the cover art for Teen-Age Romances #43 Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani art Overstreet 2023 VF 8.0 value = $19 Cover art by Dick Giordano "Love Matched"; June and Fred meet at a dance,[...]

Fawcett Comics published Jungle Girl comics, from 1942, on and off, until 1953 when Fawcett ceased publication after the National Comics Publications vs Fawcett Publications lawsuit over the rights to Captain Marvel, over Superman. Nyoka was bought by Charlton Comics, who continued the series as Nyoka, Jungle Girl #14 in 1955 but also appeared in their anthology[...]

There's a The Thing! #15 (Charlton, 1954) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages up for auction in the 2022 October 27 – 28 Halloween Pre-Code Horror and Crime Comics Showcase Auction #40207 at Heritage Auctions. The Thing! #15 (Charlton, 1954) Unlike most comic horror narrators, the Thing himself (itself?) is never shown during story introductions.  In fact, the[...]

Even in an industry that has produced a seemingly endless number of eccentric characters among the ranks of its publishers, Charlton Comics stands out.  The Connecticut company was started by two men who had met in jail, after all.  Despite that unlikely origin story, the publisher managed to attract an impressive roster of talented staffers[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ6gAHFo9QEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Charlton Comics: The Movie – Official HD Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ6gAHFo9QE) Jackie writes, Maybe you've heard of Charlton Comics, but probably not We are lifelong nerds, they existed right in our backyard, and we never heard of them until a year ago[...]

He studied under Burne Hogarth and worked for Joe Shuster's studio, before drawing horror comics for Marvel-predecessor Atlas Comics and Charlton. However  he is best known for being Jack Kirby's inker in the fifties and sixties, primarily at Marvel Comics on the Fantastic Four, as well being as the penciller for Sgt Fury And His Howling[...]