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Series

Strange Tales of the Unusual 10

Charlton Tales

Title Profile

Curated Charlton tales, timelines, and cover art notes.

Published December 1955 – August 1957
Issue Numbers 1 – 11
Total Issues 11
Issue Information
Cover Date
June 1957
Cover Notes
At right, under the price, is a "Duty Roster" of names. Some are partly occluded ("--")but we can read:
Sgt. J. P. Kelly - Kelly is a pseudonym for John Powers Severin
Ptl. Everett
-- Letterese - Joe Letterese, Letterer
-- Maneely
-- Burgos
-- rodsky - Brodsky
-- Kida
-- Dawkins - Colin Dawkins, writer. A big influence on John Severin
-- Lee
-- oway - Ray Holloway letterer
--espi - Danny Crespi, a letterer for Timely from 1948 to 1957 and then again as a letterer and production staffer from 1969 into the 1980's
--ry
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Warwick Publications, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
The Menace Of The Unseen Man!
 
Cover Credits
John Severin pencils and inks signed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Stories

Credits
Richard Doxsee pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Credits
Angelo Torres pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Elements in common with V-430 "The Man in the Ant Hill!" in Tales to Astonish 27 (Jan 1962): a man accidentally exposed to a "cellular shrinkage serum" shrinks to ant-size, and is menaced in an ant colony.
Credits
Gray Morrow pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Robert Q. Sale pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: For 1 Oct 1956. Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Credits
Carl Burgos pencils guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Mac L. Pakula pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit