After a period of decline of the Oxfordian theory beginning with World War II, in 1952 Charlton Ogburn and his wife Dorothy published the 1, 300-page This Star of England, which briefly revived Oxfordism.

Lustig has also become known for his clever post-modern rescripting of panels from old romance comic pages previously published by Charlton Comics under the banner Last Kiss.

The comic-book line was a division of Charlton Publications, which published magazines ( most notably song-lyric magazines ), puzzle books and, briefly, books ( under the Monarch and Gold Star imprints ).

Charlton Comics published a wide variety of genres, including crime, science fiction, Western, horror, war and romance comics, as well as funny animal and superhero titles.

Charlton additionally published Merry Comics, Cowboy Western, the Western title Tim McCoy, and Pictorial Love Stories.

Charlton published a wide line of romance titles, particularly after it acquired the Fawcett line, which included the romance comics Sweethearts, Romantic Secrets, and Romantic Story.

In the mid-1950s, Charlton briefly published a Blue Beetle title with new and reprinted stories, and in 1956, several short-lived titles written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, such as Mr. Muscles and Nature Boy ( the latter with artist Mastroserio ), and the Joe Gill-created Zaza the Mystic.

The CPL Gang also produced an in-house fanzine called Charlton Bullseye, which published, among other things, such commissioned but previously unpublished material as the company's last Captain Atom story.

Charlton Comics published several issues of an Emergency!

Charlton also published four issues of an illustrated black-and-white magazine featuring art by Neal Adams and others.

In 1966, Gold Key Comics published two issues of a Secret Agent comic book based upon the series ( this series should not be confused with Secret Agent, an unrelated comic book series published by Charlton Comics in 1967, formerly titled Sarge Steel ).

A comic book-format title called Crazy, Man, Crazy was published by Humor Magazines ( Charlton Comics Group )' s for two issues from Dec. 1955 – June 1955.

The replacement Blue Beetle created by Charlton Comics, and later published by Americomics and DC Comics, is Ted Kord, a former student of Dan Garrett, a genius-level inventor and a gifted athlete.

Charlton Comics published a separate Tales of the Mysterious Traveler comic book for 13 issues from 1956 to 1959, followed by two more issues in 1985 ( shortly before the company went under ).

In 1990, Eclipse Comics published a large-format paperback collecting 19 Ditko stories from the Charlton title.

DC Comics published the long-running series All-Star Western ( 1951 – 1961 ) and Western Comics ( 1948 – 1961 ), and Charlton Comics published Billy the Kid ( 1957 – 1983 ) and Cheyenne Kid ( 1957 – 1973 ).

In the 1986 series Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, published by DC Comics, though not set in the DC Universe, many of the characters were based on old Charlton heroes ; the character of Ozymandias drew inspiration from the original Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt character.

Created by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in Captain Atom v2 # 82 ( September 1966 ) originally published by Charlton Comics.

Her last " Charlton " appearance would be in a story that teamed up all the Charlton " Action Heroes " as the Sentinels of Justice, and be published in a one-shot by AC Comics.

It also " published a magazine-sized black-and-white reprint of Rog 2000 stories that superstar Marvel artist John Byrne had done in the ' 70s for long-gone Charlton Comics ," as well as a number of titles under its parent company Blue Dolphin Enterprises.

* Charlton Comics published a short-lived comic book focusing on the character in the mid-1970s.

The new series was short-lived, and in the pages of Captain Atom # 83 ( cover-dated November 1966 ) through # 86, Charlton introduced Ted Kord, a student of Dan Garret's who took on the role when Garret died.

* Nature Boy ( comics ), the title of a short-lived Charlton Comics superhero of the 1950s

Charlton Bullseye was the title of a short-lived Charlton Comics showcase comic book series published from June 1981 through December 1982.

Mercury Man was a very short-lived superhero published by Charlton Comics in their Science Fiction anthology title Space Adventures after they stopped published Captain Atom stories in the early 1960s.

Asides from that, Charlton's reign as manager was short-lived and unpopular, and a year later former player Willie McFaul succeeded Charlton.

* Charlton Comics ( some properties acquired 1983 )

The early 1970s saw a Gothic Romance comic book mini-trend with such titles as DC Comics ' The Dark Mansion Of Forbidden Love and The Sinister House of Secret Love, Charlton Comics ' Haunted Love, Curtis Magazines ' Gothic Tales of Love, and Atlas / Seaboard Comics ' one-shot magazine Gothic Romances.

During this time, he then began his long association with Charlton Comics, where he did work in the genres of science fiction, horror, and mystery.

Ditko then worked for Charlton and DC Comics, making major contributions, including a revamp of long-running character Blue Beetle, and creating or co-creating the Question, the Creeper, and Hawk and Dove.

Category: Charlton Comics titles

The former Charlton Comics characters — notably Blue Beetle II — were introduced to the DC Universe.

* The Jetsons # 1 – 20 ( Charlton Comics, November 1970 – December 1973 ); 100-page no-number issue

Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name ( T. W. O.

Charlton Comics were also the last of the American comics to raise their price from ten cents to 12 cents in mid-1962.

Following the adoption of the Charlton Comics name in 1946, the company over the next five years acquired material from freelance editor and comics packager Al Fago ( brother of former Timely Comics editor Vincent Fago ).

Charlton also picked up a number of Western titles from the defunct Fawcett Comics line, including Gabby Hayes Western, Lash LaRue Western, Monte Hale Western, Rocky Lane Western.

( After the mid-1980s demise of Charlton, Captain Atom would go on to become a stalwart of the DC stable, as would Blue Beetle, the old Fox Comics superhero revived by Gill and artists Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico as a campy, comedic character in Blue Beetle # 1 1964.

None of these measures worked however, and in 1984 Charlton Comics suspended publication.

But later that same year, Charlton Comics went out of business ; Charlton Publications followed suit in 1991, and its building and press were demolished in 1999.

He would produce several reprint titles under the company name of Avalon Communications and its imprint America's Comics Group ( ACG for short, Broughton having also purchased the rights to the defunct American Comics Group properties ), and announced plans to restart Charlton Comics.

* List of Charlton Comics publications