Silver Age Charlton Comics! 1955-1965
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2022
- (Episode 32) Let's take a look at Charlton Comics at their finest in the Atomic Age! Titles like Space Adventures, Space Wars, Unusual Tales, and Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds were some of the offerings that Charlton provided readers between 1955 and 1965. Artist greats like Dick Giordano, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Steve Ditko often contributed to the Charlton's covers and interiors. Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Charles Nicholas (pseudonym for Charles Cuidera, Charles Wojtkowski, and/or Jack Kirby) also penciled inside Charlton's space-themed comics.
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Just awesome!!! Thank you very much!
Thank you for watching Michael! I am glad you liked the more rare books from Charlton publication!
I love hunting for Charlton comics. There's just so many cool and quirky titles.
Sometimes they come up great or a little short but Charlton Comics had some great cover art at the very least!
I love these Charlton comics. When I was a kid I thought they were second-rate but now I really appreciate them.
Yes, they were cheaper and printed on lesser quality paper. The stories were hit or miss but when they "hit" they were pretty good! Thank you for watching!
Great Cesar's Ghost! That was cool. I was unaware of how far back in time artists and writers were working in the industry. Great to see the likes of Dick Giordano, Vince Colleta and of course the brilliant Steve Ditko. If I could travel in time it would be fascinating to hang out in the New York area. Imagine meeting a young Steve Ditko! He'd probably say something like, "Get away from me kid. I don't do interviews." But I would at least get in some gushing praise for all the work he did. His Captain Atom and revised Blue Beetle are as fine as comics get.
I am surprised to see the early books were lettered by hand. I came in the era where they typed the script on a typewriter and pasted it to the art boards. As a kid I thought that looked cheap and unappealing so most of my money went to purchasing Marvel and DC books. I didn't understand the concept of budgets and cost cutting. I only knew if they used Letterers the Charlton books would shine just as bright as any done by the big 2.
Anyway, thanks for the trip down memory lane. If you ever want to loan out your time travel thinggie I'm game. Silver Age comics for 12 cents a pop? I'm in.
You raise an interesting point about the typed lettering versus the written lettering found in the competition. It was a cost cutting move that probably a turned off a lot of young kids looking through comics! I admit the type looks strange sometimes- too polished. The was a funny mention about Steve Dikto and his reclusiveness. I often wonder about bumping shoulders with artists and writers back in the New York City back in the day and before any of the major comic cons! There is a good books about how artists would submit their work for Marvel with author Howe's Marvel Comics the Untold Story. It's fun read hearing conversations between Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Thank you for watching Dendood!
🤓CHARahhL-TON of comic goodness worth taking the time traveling to the spinner rack for Leo. During my grade school days there were three Mom & Pop grocery stores that sold comic books , one near my grandparents carried every company they could fit into the spinner rack ,, the second one three - four blocks from the aforementioned store carried Gold Key and Archie titles and the third one located 5 minutes from my home carried Charlton and Harvey titles. It was definitely worth the exercise , the exposure to roaming canines and the threat of being confronted by bullies ,(all of which I experienced ), just to be the possessor of pulp entertainment! The website Comic Book Plus has a great selection of Charlton books and when you go to their Newsstand selection the 1950s and 60s offerings are mainly Charlton including the Cartoon publication , I'm a fan of single panel cartoons so that's an extra treat.
What a great story Anthony! The process of collecting as a kid- the walking, dodging dogs and bullies- it can get tough! But your dedication is remarkable! And great memories. I used to visit the local corner stores and Walgreens a few times a week to ask (or beg) when the next issue would be available. I loved the single panel cartoons from the New Yorker Magazine- that was my first exposure. Cartoons by Arno, Lee Lorenz, Booth, and more.
@@timetravelcomics Happy Thanksgiving Leo. The New Yorker magazine and others I always browsed through to enjoy the cartoons. A local library I would often visit had a great collection of notebook bound magazines from the 1930s- 1960s including The Saturday Evening Post where I got to see Carl Anderson's Henry , Marge's Little Lulu and Ted Key's Hazel before they moved into newspaper syndication. The library also had books collecting New Yorker cartoons including individual publications focusing on Arno, Charles Addams and others. What can I say? The inkstained industry has always been part of my life leading me to be engaged as a local cartoonist / playwright. The compulsion to create comics concerned circumstances controls my concentration!
@@anthonyperdue3557 Thank you Anthony for sharing your resources of cartoons from the library. I have seen the Complete Book of New Yorker cartoons and own one myself as well as The Art of the New Yorker by Lee Lorenz. I love the expressions of the people and the brevity of the artwork- a lot of genius. I will be on the lookout for the books that you mentioned at my local libraries! Totally tuned in to your top tellings of tales related to comics! (your alliterations are much better!)
Another great travel through time. I really enjoy your videos, always a lot of fun.
Thank you Bill! I appreciate it and I am always looking to travel back in time to see the good stuff!
Charlton has always been underrated as a publisher. Sure, they had one of the lowest page rate for artists and writers, but the editorial didn't get involved too much and let artists like Steve Ditko thrive. Most of their series were anthologies of short stories, so continuity was not a problem. The quality of the paper and printing was lousy, but the creativity and diversity was more than enough to compensate. I admire Charlton because, up until the very end of their comic book publishing days, they were the only company still putting out multiple series in genres such as war, western, and romance, types of books which Marvel and DC had pretty much given up on after the mid 70's.
Rangersly! Yes, indeed Charlton offered quite a variety but I did not know that other comic book publishers were pulling the plug on the variety back then. I wish we had some of that same variety today! Charlton was before my time but I do remember seeing old issues of Popeye, Blondie and war books on the shelves at grocery stores in the 80s and wondered what the "C" logo meant as I was used to DC, Marvel and King comics. Hope you are doing well sir! Thank you again for watching and providing great comments!
Just discovered your channel brother I love this stuff The new comics pretty much sucks so this is all I have is the watch stuff about the classic absolutely phenomenal comic book worlds that used to exist
Thank you for tuning in BruceWayne! Not to worry, only new, OLD comics are shown here! I appreciate your time.
That was a good one. A lot of those from 50s and 60s I've never seen before. I've got an issue of the cartoon carnival but I never knew that it was a charlton book.
The are quite obscure and make for some great covers! Charlton creeps in some good ones!
Great video! And that’s a cool Time Machine poster in your background.
Thank you! The poster was gifted to me by Graphicman and I printed it out. It is a mock up of the Time Machine story in Dell comics! Thank you for watching!
Love these older books! I love the classic covers/art from that era!
They definitely have a charm and artistic quality the we do no see much of anymore. Thank you for watching this video!
Very interesting comics mate, I have not seen any of those before I don't think. We never saw that much Charlton in the UK, some of these look like cool reads with some decent art. The production quality on the few Charlton I own seems pretty low but they still have a certain charm about them
Thank you for watching Greyman! Hope all is well in the UK. Looks like USA will be playing England soon! (I know that England is pretty tough!) Charlton did have lower quality paper and print but some stories and art were hidden gems!
Rocky Jones..February to November,1954? My parents got married in 1954...and I was born in November that year.
There you go! A lot of great happenings come out of that year! Thank you for stopping by!
Charlton, The American International Pictures of comics.
Charlton has some gems in the rough in their offerings. And a lot of great guest artists made their way through to Charlton Comics. Thank you for watching!
@@timetravelcomics And, Thank you for answering my comments.
You started with Space Adventures #17, but the first appearance of Rocky Jones in Space Adventures is from #15. Are you just using comics you have a physical copy of, or did you think #17 was better than 15 and 16? I looked up the issues on Comic Book Plus.
Thank you for watching Macsnafu! You are exactly right about the first appearance of Rocky Jones in Space Adventures. I showed Space Adventure #17 as an example of the Charlton Silver Age book- and a copy that I happened to own (and could afford). I like to show books that I have on hand from my personal collection from my time traveling journeys! I can only wish to have them all! I agree Comic Book Plus, as well as mycomicshop.com are great resources.
Gorgo was different than Godzilla was baby monster captured and taken to London and rescued by his mother. Also did not breath fire.
Yes, you are absolutely right Hydrolito! Gorgo was the baby creature, which is hard to tell unless one opened up the comic. Then you see Orgo, his mother. Sometimes I forget that Gorgo was not the big monster that he appeared to be! Thank you for watching!
There are videos of Rocky Jones and other science fiction if you type in where it says search above.
Have to check it out! Charlton's Space Adventures highlighted Rocky Jones in 3-4 books.
Was a ghostly haunts fan
Such great art- loved the logo too! Thank you for watching!
Gorgo looks more like the Abomination than the Hulk. Predates the Abomination.
Charlton's are hit and miss for me. The older the better, as they pretty much became unreadable by the mid/late 70's. Love Gorgo and the other monster books and Charlton's mystery and horror books were usually pretty good. Anything Ditko was normally good to great art wise. The war and romance books from beginning to end are horrible I think and they must have produced a tremendous quantity of series and issues in those genres. There are a lot of cool covers if you collect those. Condition can be a problem if you like perfect books and numbering can be confusing. The lettering is maddening, even when I was reading them 50 years ago. You would think that someone, at some point, would have changed that. Can't imagine it saved that much money. You showed some pretty neat examples. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching LeadPaint! The pre-hero books I find fascinating and I agree- the older the better in terms of Charlton books. And I laughed at what you said about numbering because it sometimes non-existent on Charlton covers and there are many volumes to get lost in, such as Space Adventures. Thank you for stopping by!