Here's Mercury Man, a character Mastroserio co-created for Charlton's Space Adventures comic. The story was most likely written by the ubiquitous Joe Gill.
In this Rocke Mastroserio extravaganza we have Mercury Man, an offbeat blend of sci-fi and super heroics, in a time when superheroes were somewhat scarce. This seems clearly to want to build on the success of Captain Atom, but it alas falls a tad short. (I apologize for the tilt on the pages, but that's the way my copy is printed.) For the second and final Mercury Man story see this
link.
The story above was reprinted with bright new colors in the debut issue of Maui Might Comics #1. Note he's called "Captain Mercury" in this new presentation.
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Another character I have never heard of before from Charlton. The more I read your blog about Charlton comics the more it seems that this little company was a bit of a trailblazer in trying new at the times ideas. Sadly, I missed that relief comic .
ReplyDeleteCharlton was a fascinating company, full of wonderful characters and a willingness to try out new talent, if for small change comparatively. It was a place to learn the craft.
DeleteI read the Mercury Man stories after just discovering them last year. I wasn't sure if the character has ears that look like wings or they're supposed to just be pointy ears.
ReplyDeleteA little of both I suspect -- like the wings on the Flash's helmet and the ears of the Sub-Mariner among many others.
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