List of Charlton Comics publications


This is a list of Charlton Comics publications.
TitleSeriesIssuesDatesNotes
Abbott and Costello#1 – 22Feb. 1968 – Aug. 1971Based on the TV series
Army Attackseries 1#1 – 4July 1964 – Feb. 1965
Army Attackseries 2#38 – 47July 1965 – Feb. 1967formerly U.S. Air Force Comics
Army War Heroes#1 – 38Dec. 1963 – June 1970Also see The Iron Corporal
Atom the Cat#9 – 17Oct. 1957 – Aug. 1959formerly Tom Cat
Atomic Bunny#12 – 19Aug. 1958 – Dec. 1959formerly Atomic Rabbit
Atomic Mouse#1 – 54March 1953 – June 1963
Atomic Mouseseries 2#1, 10 – 12Dec. 1984 – Jan. 1986Low print run
Atomic Rabbit#1 – 11Aug. 1955 – March 1958Atomic Bunny from #12 onward
Attack!series 2#54 – 60? 1958 – Nov. 1959war comic
Attack!series 3#1 – 3? 1962 – Fall 1964war comic
Attack!series 4#3, 4Oct. 1966 – Oct. 1967formerly Special War Series, becomes Attack at Sea
Attack!series 5#1 – 48Sept. 1971 – Oct. 1984
Attack at Sea#5Oct. 1968formerly Attack! vol. 4
Barney and Betty Rubble#1 – 23Jan. 1973 – Dec. 1976Based on The Flintstones
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith#1 – 6March 1970 – Jan. 1971Based on the comic strip
Battlefield Action#16 – 62Nov. 1957 – ? 1966formerly Foreign Intrigues
Battlefield Actionseries 2#63 – 89July 1980 – Nov. 1984
Billy the Kid#9 – 153Nov. 1957 – March 1983formerly The Masked Raider
The Bionic Woman#1 – 5Oct. 1977 – June 1978Based on the TV series
Black Fury#1 – 57May 1955 – ? 1966becomes Wild West
Blondie Comics#177 – 222Feb. 1969 – Nov. 1976continued from King Comics series
Blue Beetleseries 2#18 – 21Feb. 1955 – Aug. 1955formerly The Thing!, becomes Mr. Muscles
Blue Beetleseries 3#1 – 5June 1964 – March–April 1965superhero comic; scarab-powered Dan Garrett II version
Blue Beetleseries 4#50 – 54July 1965 – Feb.-March 1966formerly Unusual Tales, becomes Ghostly Tales
Blue Beetleseries 5#1 – 5June 1967 – Nov. 1968superhero comic; Ted Kord version, unpublished #6 appeared in The Charlton Portfolio
Bo#1 – 3June 1955 – Oct. 1955
Brenda Starr#13 – 15June 1955 – Oct. 1955reprints Brenda Starr, Reporter newspaper strips
Brides in Love#1 – 45Aug. 1956 – Feb. 1965becomes Summer Love
Bullwinkle & Rocky#1 – 7July 1970 – July 1971Based on the TV series
Captain Atomseries 2#78 – 89Dec. 1965 – Dec. 1967formerly Strange Suspense Stories, unpublished #90 appeared in Charlton Bullseye #1, 2
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion#1 – 4? 1955 – Jan. 1956Issue #1 promotional comic from Heinz
Captain Willy Schultz#76, 77Oct. 1985 – Jan. 1986Low print run
Career Girl Romances#24 – 78June 1964 – Dec. 1973formerly Three Nurses
Charlie Chan#6 – 9June 1955 – March 1956continued from Crestwood Publications series, becomes Zaza the Mystic
Charlton Action: featuring #11 – 12Oct. 1985 – Dec. 1985Low print run
Charlton Bullseye#1 – 10June 1981 – Dec. 1982After cancellation, stories appeared in Scary Tales.
Charlton Classics#1 – 9April 1980 – Aug. 1981
Charlton Premiereseries 1#19July 1967formerly Marine War Heroes
Charlton Premiereseries 2#1 – 4Sept. 1967 – May 1968
Cheyenne Kid#8 – 99July 1957 – Nov. 1973formerly Wild Frontier
Cody Of The Pony Express#8 – 10Oct. 1955 – June 1956becomes Outlaws Of The West
Confidential Diary#12 – 17May 1962 – March 1963formerly High School Confidential Diary, becomes Three Nurses
Cowboy Love#28 – 31Feb. 1955 – Aug. 1955continued from Fawcett Comics series, becomes Sweetheart Diary
Cowboy Western Comics#17 – 67July 1948 – March 1958formerly Jack In The Box, issues #40–45 Space Western Comics, becomes Wild Bill Hickock.
Creepy Things#1 – 6July 1975 – June 1976
Danger and Adventure#22 – 27Feb. 1955 – Feb. 1956formerly This Magazine Is Haunted, becomes Robin Hood And His Merry Men
Danny Blaze#1, 2Aug. 1955 – Oct. 1955becomes Nature Boy
David Cassidy#1 – 14Feb. 1972 – Sept. 1973Star of The Partridge Family
Davy Crockett#1 – 8Aug. 1955 – Jan. 1957becomes Kid Montana
D-Day#1 – 6Summer 1963 – Nov. 1968Also see Special War Series
Death Valley#7 – 9June 1955 – Oct. 1955becomes Frontier Scout Daniel Boone
Dino#1 – 20Aug. 1973 – Jan. 1977Based on The Flintstones
Dr. Graves#73 – 75Sept. 1985 – Jan. 1986formerly The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves
Don Winslow of the Navy#70 – 73March 1955 – Sept. 1955continued from Fawcett Comics series; becomes Fightin' Navy
Doomsday + 1#1 – 12July 1975 – May 1979#7–12 reprints #1–6; unpublished final story appeared in Charlton Bullseye #4, 5.
Drag 'N' Wheels#30 – 59Sept. 1968 – May 1973formerly Top Eliminator
Dragstrip Hotrodders#1 – 16Summer 1963 – Aug. 1967becomes World of Wheels
Dudley Do-Right#1 – 7Aug. 1970 – Aug. 1971Based on the TV series
Dynamite#1 – 9May 1953 – Sept. 1954becomes Johnny Dynamite
E-Man#1 – 10Oct. 1973 – Sept. 1975
Emergency!#1 – 4June 1976 – Nov. 1976Based on the TV series
Emergency!#1 – 4June 1976 – Nov. 1976Black and white magazine version
Fightin' Air Force#3 – 53Feb. 1956 – Feb.-March 1966becomes War and Attack
Fightin' Army#16 – 172Jan. 1956 – Nov. 1984formerly Soldier & Marine Comics
The Fightin' Five#28 – 49July 1964 – Dec. 1982formerly Space War, #42–49 all reprints
Fightin' Marines#14 – 176May 1955 – Sept. 1984continued from St. John Publications series
Fightin' Navy#74 – 133Jan. 1956 – Oct. 1984formerly Don Winslow of the Navy
Flash Gordon#12 – 18Feb. 1969 – Jan. 1970continued from King Comics series
The Flintstones#1 – 50Nov. 1970 – Feb. 1977Based on the TV series
Foreign Intrigues#14, 15? 1956 – Aug. 1956formerly Johnny Dynamite, becomes Battlefield Action
For Lovers Only#60 – 87Aug. 1971 – Nov. 1976formerly Hollywood Romances
Freddy#12 – 47June 1958 – Feb. 1965formerly My Little Margie's Boy Friends
Frontier Scout Daniel Boone#10 – 13Jan. 1956 – Aug. 1956formerly Death Valley, becomes The Masked Raider
Funny Animals#84 – 91April 1954 – Feb. 1956continued from Fawcett Comics series
Funny Animalsseries 2#1, 2Sept. 1984 – Nov. 1984Low print run
Ghost Manor#1 – 19July 1968 – July 1971becomes Ghostly Haunts
Ghost Manorseries 2#1 – 77Oct. 1971 – Nov. 1984
Ghostly Haunts#20 – 58Sept. 1971 – April 1978formerly Ghost Manor
Ghostly Tales#55 – 169April–May 1966 – Oct. 1984formerly Blue Beetle vol. 4
Go-Go#1 – 9June 1966 – Oct. 1967
Gorgo#1 – 23May 1961 – Sept. 1965Based on the movie
Gorgo's Revenge#1? 1962becomes The Return of Gorgo
Grand Prix#16 – 31Sept. 1967 – May 1970formerly Hot Rod Racers
The Great Gazoo#1 – 20Aug. 1973 – Jan. 1977Based on The Flintstones
The Green Planetone-shot1962
The Gunfighters#51 – 85Oct. 1966 – July 1984formerly Kid Montana
Gunmasterseries 1#1 – 4Sept. 1964 – March–April 1965western hero
Gunmasterseries 5#84 – 89July 1965 – Oct. 1967formerly Six-Gun Heroes, becomes Judomaster
Hanna-Barbera Parade#1 – 10Sept. 1971 – Dec. 1972
Haunted#1 – 75Sept. 1971 – Sept. 1984Baron Weirwulf's Haunted Library from #21 onward
Haunted Love#1 – 11April 1973 – Sept. 1975
Hee Haw#1 – 7July 1970 – Aug. 1971Based on the TV series
Hi and Lois#1 – 11Nov. 1969 – July 1971Based on the comic strip
Hoppity Hooper#1 – 6May 1972 – June 1973Based on the TV series
High School Confidential Diary#1 – 11June 1960 – March 1962becomes Confidential Diary
Hillbilly Comics#1 – 4Aug. 1955 – July 1956
Hollywood Romances#46 – 59Nov. 1966 – June 1971becomes For Lovers Only
Hot Rod Racers#1 – 15Dec. 1964 – July 1967becomes Grand Prix
Hot Rods and Racing Cars#1 – 120Nov. 1951 – June 1973
The House of Yang#1 – 6July 1975 – June 1976Also see Yang
Huckleberry Hound#1 – 8Nov. 1970 – Jan. 1972Based on the TV series
I Love You#7 – 130Sept. 1955 – May 1980formerly In Love
In Love#5, 6? – July 1955continued from Mainline Publications series; becomes I Love You
Intimate#1 – 3Dec. 1957 – May 1958becomes Teen-age Love
The Iron Corporal#23 – 25Oct. 1985 – Feb. 1986Low print run
Jack in the Box#11 – 16Oct. 1946 – Nov.-Dec. 1947formerly Yellowjacket Comics, becomes Cowboy Western Comics
The Jetsons#1 – 20Nov. 1970 – Dec. 1973Based on the TV series
Johnny Dynamite#10 – 12June 1955 – Oct. 1955formerly Dynamite, becomes Foreign Intrigues
Judomaster#89 – 98May–June 1966 – Dec. 1967formerly Gunmaster
Jungle Jim#22 – 28Feb. 1969 – Feb. 1970continued from Dell Comics series
Jungle Tales of Tarzan#1 – 4Dec. 1964 – July 1965series unauthorized by Burroughs. Fifth issue created, but not published.
Just Married#1 – 114Jan. 1958 – Dec. 1976
Kid Montana#9 – 50Nov. 1957 – March 1965formerly Davy Crockett, becomes The Gunfighters
Konga#1 – 23? 1960 – Nov. 1965Based on the movie
Konga's Revenge#2, 3Summer 1963 – Fall 1964formerly The Return of Konga
Korg: 70,000 B.C.#1 – 9May 1975 – Nov. 1976based on the
Lash Larue Western#47 – 84March–April 1954 – June 1961continued from Fawcett Comics series
Lawbreakers Suspense Stories#10 – 15Jan. 1953 – Nov. 1953becomes Strange Suspense Stories
Li'l Genius#5 – 55? 1954 – Jan. 1986continued from Toby Press' Super Brat
Li'l Rascal Twins#6 – 18? 1957 – Jan. 1960formerly Nature Boy
Li'l Tomboy#92 – 107Oct. 1956 – Feb. 1960formerly Funny Animals
Love and Romance#1 – 24Sept. 1971 – Sept. 1975
Love Diary#1 – 102July 1958 – Dec. 1976
The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves#1 – 72May 1967 – May 1982becomes Doctor Graves
Marines Attack#1 – 9Aug. 1964 – Feb.-March 1966
Marine War Heroes#1 – 18Jan. 1964 – March 1967becomes Charlton Premiere
Marvels of Science#1 – 4March 1946 – June 1946First comic to use name Charlton Comics.
The Masked Raider#1 – 8June 1955 – July 1957becomes Billy the Kid
The Masked Raiderseries 2#14 – 30Aug. 1958 – June 1961formerly Frontier Scout Daniel Boone
Midnight Tales#1 – 18Dec. 1972 – May 1976
Mr. Muscles#22, 23March 1956 – Aug. 1956formerly Blue Beetle vol. 2
Monster Hunters#1 – 18Aug. 1975 – Feb. 1979
My Little Margie#1 – 54July 1954 – Nov. 1964Based on the TV series
My Little Margie's Boy Friends#1 – 11Aug. 1955 – ? 1958becomes Freddy
My Little Margie's Fashions#1 – 5Feb. 1959 – Nov. 1959
My Only Love#1 – 9July 1975 – Nov. 1976
My Secret Life#19 – 47Aug. 1957 – Sept. 1962formerly Young Lovers, becomes Sue & Sally Smith
Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds#1 – 48Aug. 1956 – Sept. 1965becomes Son of Vulcan
Mysterious Suspense#1Oct. 1968
Nature Boy#3 – 5March 1956 – Feb. 1957formerly Danny Blaze; becomes Li'l Rascal Twins
Navy War Heroes#1 – 7Jan. 1965 – March–April 1965
Outer Spaceseries 1#17 – 25May 1958 – Dec. 1959formerly This Magazine Is Haunted
Outer Spaceseries 2#1Nov. 1968
Outlaws Of The West#11 – 88July 1957 – April 1980formerly Cody of the Pony Express
Out Of This World#1 – 16Aug. 1956 – Dec. 1959
The Partridge Family#1 – 21March 1971 – Dec. 1973Based on the TV series
Peacemaker#1 – 5March 1967 – Nov. 1967Also see The Fightin' Five
Pebbles & Bamm Bamm#1 – 36Jan. 1972 – Dec. 1976Based on The Flintstones
Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt#51 – 60March–April 1966 – Nov. 1967formerly Son of Vulcan
The Phantom#30 – 74Feb. 1969 – Jan. 1977continued from King Comics series
Pictorial Love Stories#22 – 26Oct. 1949 – July 1950formerly Tim McCoy
Popeye the Sailor#94 – 138Feb. 1969 – Jan. 1977continued from King Comics series
Primus#1 – 7Feb. 1972 – Oct. 1972Based on the TV series
Pudgy Pig#1, 2Sept. 1958 – Nov. 1958
Punchy and the Black Crow#10 – 12Oct. 1985 – Feb. 1986Low print run
Range Busters#8 – 10May 1955 – Sept. 1955becomes Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal
Reptilicus#1, 2Aug. 1961 – Oct. 1961Based on the movie, becomes Reptisaurus the Terrible
Reptisaurus the Terrible#3 – #8Jan. 1962 – Dec. 1962formerly Reptilicus
The Return of Gorgo#2, 3Aug. 1963 – Fall 1964formerly Gorgo's Revenge
The Return of Konga#1? 1962becomes Konga's Revenge
Robin Hood And His Merry Men#28 – 38April 1956 – Aug. 1958formerly Danger & Adventure
Romantic Secrets#5 – 52Oct. 1955 – Nov. 1964continued from Fawcett Comics series, becomes Time For Love
Romantic Story#23 – 130May 1954 – Nov. 1973continued from Fawcett Comics series
Ronald McDonald#1 – 4Sept. 1970 – March 1971Based on the McDonald's character
Rookie Cop#27 – 33Nov. 1955 – Aug. 1957
Sarge Snorkel#1 – 17Oct. 1973 – Dec. 1976Based on the Beetle Bailey character
Sarge Steel#1 – 8Dec. 1964 – March–April 1966becomes Secret Agent
Scary Tales#1 – 46Aug. 1975 – Oct. 1984
Scooby Doo#1 – 11April 1975 – Dec. 1976Based on the TV series
Secret Agent#9 – 10Oct. 1966 – Oct. 1967formerly Sarge Steel
Secret Romance#1 – 48Oct. 1968 – Feb. 1980
Secrets Of Love And Marriage#1 – 25Aug. 1956 – June 1961
Six Gun Heroes#24 – 83Jan. 1954 – March–April 1965continued from Fawcett Comics series, becomes Gunmaster
The Six Million Dollar Man#1 – 9June 1976 – June 1978Based on the TV series
The Six Million Dollar Man#1 – 7July 1976 – Nov. 1977Black and white magazine version
Soldier & Marine Comics#9, 11 – 15Dec. 1954 – Aug. 1955becomes Fightin' Army
Son of Vulcan#49, 50Nov. 1965 – Jan. 1966formerly Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds, becomes Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt
Space Adventuresseries 1#1 – 21July 1952 – Aug. 1956becomes War At Sea
Space Adventuresseries 2#23 – 59May 1958 – Nov. 1964
Space Adventuresseries 3#1 – 13Oct. 1967 – March 1979
Space: 1999#1 – 7Nov. 1975 – Nov. 1976Based on the
Space: 1999#1 – 8Nov. 1975 – Nov. 1976Black and white magazine version
Space War#1 – 27Oct. 1959 – March 1964becomes The Fightin' Five
Space War#28 – 34March 1978 – March 1979
Space Western Comics#40 – 45Oct. 1952 – Aug. 1953Also see Cowboy Western Comics
Special War Series#1 – 4Aug. 1965 – Nov. 1965Also see D-Day, War and Attack, Judomaster
Speed Demons#5 – 10Feb. 1957 – ? 1958becomes Submarine Attack
Strange Suspense Stories#16 – 77Jan. 1954 – Oct. 1965formerly Lawbreakers Suspense Stories, issues #23–26 This Is Suspense, becomes Captain Atom
Strange Suspense Storiesseries 2#1 – 9Oct. 1967 – Sept. 1969
Submarine Attack#11 – 54May 1958 – Feb.-March 1966formerly Speed Demons
Sue & Sally Smith#48 – 54Nov. 1962 – Nov. 1963formerly My Secret Life
Summer Love#46 – 48Oct. 1965 – Nov. 1968formerly Brides in Love
Super Brat#1 – 4Jan. 1954 – July 1954becomes Li'l Genius
Surf 'N' Wheels#1 – 6Nov. 1969 – Sept. 1970
Sweetheart Diary#32 – 65Oct. 1955 – Aug. 1962formerly Cowboy Love
Sweethearts#122 – 137March 1954 – Dec. 1973continued from Fawcett Comics series; first monthly romance title
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler#1 – 13Aug. 1956 – June 1959
Tales of the Mysterious Travelerseries 2#14, 15Oct. 1985 – Dec. 1985Low print run
Teen Confessions#1 – 97Aug. 1959 – Nov. 1976
Teen-age Confidential Confessions#1 – 22July 1960 – ? 1964
Teen-age Hotrodders#1 -24July 1958 – Dec. 1973becomes Top Eliminator
Teen-age Love#4 – 96July 1958 – Dec. 1973formerly Intimate
Texas Rangers in Action#5 – 79July 1956 – Aug. 1970
The Thing!#1 -17Feb. 1952 – Nov. 1954became Blue Beetle vol. 2
This Is Suspense#23 – 26Feb. 1955 – Aug. 1955Also see Strange Suspense Stories
Tennessee Tuxedo#1 – 9June 1969 – Dec. 1971Based on the TV series
This Magazine Is Haunted#1 – 21Oct. 1951 – Nov. 1954becomes Danger and Adventure
This Magazine Is Hauntedseries 2#12 – 16July 1957 – May 1958formerly Zaza the Mystic, becomes Outer Space
Three Nurses#18 – 23May 1963 – March 1964formerly Confidential Diary, becomes Career Girl Romances
Tiger#1 – 6March 1970 – Jan. 1971
Tim McCoy#16 – 21Oct. 1948 – Aug. 1949formerly Zoo Funnies, becomes Pictorial Love Stories
Time For Love#53Oct. 1966formerly Romantic Secrets
Time For Loveseries 2#1 – 47Oct. 1967 – May 1976
Timmy the Timid Ghost#3 – 45Feb. 1956 – Sept. 1966
Timmy the Timid Ghostseries 2#1 – 26Oct. 1967 – Jan. 1986
Tom Cat#4 – 8April 1956 – July 1957becomes Atom the Cat
Top Cat#1 – 20Nov. 1970 – Nov. 1973Based on the TV series
Top Eliminator#25 – 29Sept. 1967 – July 1968formerly Teen-age Hotrodders, becomes Drag 'N' Wheels
Underdog#1 – 10July 1970 – Jan. 1972Based on the TV series
Unusual Tales#1 – 49Nov. 1955 – March–April 1965becomes Blue Beetle vol. 4
U.S. Air Force Comics#1 – 37Oct. 1958 – March–April 1965becomes Army Attack
U.S. Marines#1Fall 1964
Valley of the Dinosaurs#1 – 11April 1975 – Dec. 1976Based on the TV series
Vengeance Squad#1 – 6July 1975 – May 1976
War#1 – 47July 1975 – ? 1984issues #41–47 all reprints
War and Attack#1Fall 1964
War and Attackseries 2#54 – 63June 1966 – Dec. 1967formerly Fightin' Air Force
War At Sea#22 – 42Nov. 1957 – June 1961formerly Space Adventures
War Heroes#1 – 27Feb. 1963 – Nov. 1967
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch#1 – 7July 1975 – July 1976Based on the TV series
Wild Bill Hickock#68 – 75Aug. 1958 – Dec. 1959formerly Cowboy Western
Wild Frontier#1 – 7Oct. 1955 – April 1957becomes Cheyenne Kid
Wild West#58Nov. 1966formerly Black Fury
World of Wheels#17 – 32Oct. 1967 – June 1970formerly Dragstrip Hotrodders
Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal#11 – 72Jan. 1956 – Dec. 1967formerly Range Busters
Yang#1 – 17Nov. 1973 – Jan. 1986issues #15–17 all reprints
Yellowjacket Comics#1 – 10Sept. 1944 – June 1946becomes Jack in the Box
Yogi Bear#1 – 35Nov. 1970 – Jan. 1976Based on the TV series
The Young Doctors#1 – 6Jan. 1963 – Nov. 1963
Young Lovers#16 – 18July 1956 – May 1957becomes My Secret Life
Zaza the Mystic#10, 11April 1956 – Sept. 1956formerly Charlie Chan, becomes This Magazine Is Haunted vol. 2
Zoo Funnies#1 – 15Nov. 1945 – ? 1947becomes Tim McCoy