Charlton Comics Classic Covers!

Charlton Comics Classic Covers from Charlton Neo offers up thirty-one vintage covers from the company from across several decades. Thirteen of the covers are by Steve Ditko as is the cover of the collection itself. Several more are by Dick Giordano. In addition to the published covers there is also included artwork from the fanzine Charlton Bullseye featuring Tom Sutton's portrait of the ghost hosts as well as Joe Staton's model sheet for Baroness R.H. Von  Bludd. There is also the "unpublished cover" of Captain Atom #90. All of the covers have been enriched with brilliant color, often very different from the hues used on the published covers, all of which can be seen in the gallery below. They are presented in the order in which they appear in the collection. Enjoy. 

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Charlton Classic Covers - Yellowjacket Comics #5!

Yellowjacket Comics #5 is the fifth Charlton Comic, on sale November 1, 1944. Here's a link to read this issue. The cover is ferocious fight scene, but again no mask. We are again treated to two Yellowjacket adventures. Other features in the comic are Diana the Huntress, Harbor Lights a marine adventure, and The Filipino Kid a war story, and King of Beasts with some other assorted small items. 

This is last Charlton comic for a while. The sixth issue would not appear on the newsstands for nearly a year. 

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Charlton Classic Covers - Yellowjacket Comics #4!

Yellowjacket Comics #4 is the fourth Charlton Comic, on sale October 1, 1944. Here's a link to read this issue. The cover finally features our hero smashing through the cover, but again sans mask. We are treated to two Yellowjacket adventures this time.  Other features in the comic are Diana the Huntress, Harbor Lights a marine adventure (with Theresa), and The King of Beasts, and some other assorted small items. 

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Charlton Classic Covers - Yellowjacket Comics #3!

Yellowjacket Comics #3 is the third Charlton Comic, on sale September 1, 1944. Here's a link to read this issue. The cover finally features our lead hero face forward, though minus a mask of any kind.  Other features in the comic are Diana the Huntress (a fun feature that gets cover featured for a first time), Harbor Lights a marine adventure, and The Filipino Kid a war story, and some other assorted small items. 

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Charlton Classic Covers - Yellowjacket Comics #2!

Yellowjacket Comics #2 is the second Charlton Comic, on sale August 1, 1944. Here's a link to read this issue. The cover finally features our lead hero, though still managing to keep his back to us. Other features in the comic are Diana the Huntress, Harbor Lights a marine adventure, and The Filipino Kid a war story, King of Beasts a circus tale, and some other assorted small items. I bet Rosita sold a few issues. 

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Charlton Classic Covers - Yellowjacket Comics #1!

Yellowjacket Comics #1 is the very first Charlton Comic, on sale July 1, 1944. Here's a link to read this issue. The cover doesn't make all that much of the title character who is seen only in an inset. In fact, no scene like that featured on the cover occurs inside the comic. Other features in the comic are Diana the Huntress, a Famous Tales of Terror featuring Poe's "The Black Cat", King of Beasts about the circus, Harbor Lights a marine adventure, The Filipino Kid a war story, and some other assorted small items. 

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The Worlds Of Steve Ditko!

The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell is an insightful biography of the artist and I'll be using it to guide me during the course of this year as I examine the work of Ditko at Charlton, Marvel, DC, Atlas-Seaboard, Tower, Dell, Eclipse, Defiant, and so many more companies for which he worked. I hope to keep this year-long overview mostly chronological, but I won't become limited by that when it comes to examining themes in his work. 

Here are some of the collections I have in my library featuring the work of Ditko, and I hope to consult all of them at some point this year, in addition to some I haven't yet thought of. 

Look for these reviews of Ditko's work on Sundays throughout the year. 

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