Charlton Comics Group Appreciation and Information Thread 6 6

[Get Marwood & I]

On 6/25/2024 at 5:19 PM, Hepcat said:

I've often toyed with the idea of picking up a Charlton hot rod/drag comic or two simply because they're ignored by the unwashed masses of comic collectors. But I'm a completist so that would open up too much of a can of worms for me.

Nice to see this thread chugging along 

I limit my HR&RC collecting to the UK Price Variants and cents copies with UK distribution stamps. Here's a reasonably nice copy which survived the trip to Blighty and the woman-handling of Thorpe & Porter, the UK distributor at the time:

Here's a few more:

On 6/25/2024 at 5:51 PM, Hepcat said:

Here's another early Charlton of mine:

 

Talk about tough though!

I love the date stamp 

It's really hard to find nice copies in the UK. I look regularly at the copies on eBay USA too though, and if those are anything to go by, it's just as hard on home soil. That said, here's a fairly nice Space War #7, with a very indistinct L Miller UK distribution stamp:

Easy to miss.

And here's a cents Space War #14 - no UK aspect on this copy, but it came with a very pleasing summary backing board. I've added the UK reprint from Alan Class which shows the full artwork, obscured on the original US copy by the rotten great advert at the bottom:

This might be the first time some of you in the US get to see a bit more leg!

 

Love Charlton 

[Get Marwood & I]

Here's a nice miscut Canadian Price Variant featuring the less than menacing looking 'Dogs of War":

Ruff!

Happily, there is very little interest in these, so I pick them off quietly when I can.

I did a little write up about them here:

https://rarecomics.wordpress.com/2022/11/07/charlton-canadian-price-variants-cpvs/

No comments or likes in two years... Not bad, even for Charlton! 

[Get Marwood & I]

I like the colouring on this one, which sports a nice Milano cover stamp:

Molto bello! 

[Hepcat]

A Charlton title for only the few, the proud!

[grendelbo]

On 6/25/2024 at 9:19 PM, Hepcat said:

A Charlton title for only the few, the proud!

Love the full moon cover.

[Get Marwood & I]

 

"Gentlemen, dot dot dot, our information is conclusive, our preparations complete! Tomorrow we begin our invasion of planet Earth!"

 

"Did you fill in Form B boss?"

 

"What?"

 

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[the blob]

On 6/27/2024 at 1:16 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

 

"Gentlemen, dot dot dot, our information is conclusive, our preparations complete! Tomorrow we begin our invasion of planet Earth!"

 

"Did you fill in Form B boss?"

 

"What?"

 

"Form B. You can't invade another planet unless you've filled in Form B, boss. It was in the last 'Invasion Guidelines' update"

 

"WHAT!"

 

"Don't look at me, I'm not in charge. I just know that you have to fill in Form B before you invade another planet, that's all"

 

"Oh, don't tell me I've got to put all the lasers away again"

 

"F@$&ING HELL!"

So kind of like how I need to spend 30 minutes filling out forms to get reimbursed for 72 cents in postage?

[Get Marwood & I]

On 6/27/2024 at 8:24 PM, the blob said:

So kind of like how I need to spend 30 minutes filling out forms to get reimbursed for 72 cents in postage?

You want the pony, or not?

[the blob]

On 6/27/2024 at 3:26 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

You want the pony, or not?

Too much care an maintenance. Samr reason I turned down a free chicken coup and chickens for my backyard when a friend offerd

[Hepcat]

Five of my Gorgo comics:

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