The Charlton Arrow #3 is a 48 page color comic blockbuster,
featuring 8 more pages than #1 & 2! Stories and art by over a
dozen creators encompassing well-known contributors to such
companies as DC Comics, Marvel and Archie, including a few
Charlton veterans, alongside amazing new talent! VENGEANCE SQUAD
in “A MURDER OF CROWS!” by Jason Caskey and Sandy Carruthers. The
famed mercenary team, composed of Eric Redd, Candy Orr and Tulsa
Coyle, returns, facing a savage biker gang trafficking in young
girls. Going undercover, they get vengeance the only way they
know how… with extreme violence! HOSPITAL HEAT: CHAPTER TWO by
Larry Wilson and Mort Todd. Westingberg Hospital is full of
colorful personalities, including the doctors, nurses and staff,
along with their patients… and full of flaming passion as well!
Adultery spins a web with dangerous strands of repercussion as
Dr. Brick Martin and Dr. Ed Benson must pay high prices for their
indiscretions, while they hold the es of many of their circle
in their hands! THE GOLDEN PYRAMID by Joe Gill and Pat Boyette.
In the previous chapter, a mad, modern day Pharaoh, Chufru, goes
on an international rampage stealing the world’s gold deposits to
build a monumental golden pyramid to honor himself. Ambassador
Christopher Smith attempts to stop him, only to have his
secretary Nora kipped and his Peace Palace destroyed by
Chufru’s minions. Can Smith defeat the gold-loving psycho and
safely rescue Nora? An unpublished Charlton classic! ALL MONKEED
UP! by Steve Skeates and Jim Aparo. Along with comics, Charlton
published many other magazines, notably those dedicated to the
music scene, like Hit Parader. Scribe Stephen Skeates reminisces
about the company’s plan to run a comic series featuring The
Monkees in Teen Tunes and Pin-Ups magazine. Sadly, after a few
issues, they lost the rights to rival publisher Dell Comics.
Includes Miss Bikini Luv and the Pre-Fab Four! TURIS TRAP by Paul
Kupperberg and Neil Vokes. Writer Paul Kupperberg is perhaps the
most controversial and notorious comics writer ever as he
received worldwide infamy for killing America’s favorite former
teenager, Archie Andrews. Before his award-winning career,
spanning the top comic companies, Paul had his first professional
sale to Charlton with a tale entitled “Distress” in y Tales
#3. Here, now, is the sensational sequel to that
-and-sorcerous epic! THAT’S NOT FUNNY, THAT’S ! by Mark
Arnold. You’ve heard of Mad magazine, maybe even Cracked… well,
you probably never heard of ! Even though it had a long run
with some great creators, this humor magazine was on its last
legs when acquired by Charlton Publications. This post-mortem is
courtesy of the author of the definitive tome If You’re Cracked,
You’re Happy! NEVER HITCH A RIDE by Jack Keller. Last issue Clint
Curtis narrowly avoided a near-al collision! Now in the
hi-octane conclusion, after he sips a drugged drink, he finds
himself set up as a patsy! Written and drawn by ace artist Jack
Keller, from Hot Rods and Racing Cars #89 (February 1968).
WALLBREAKER by Dave Noe and Andrew Mitchell. Winnie the Witch and
Dr. Graves interact with the title character in this shocker! THE
SPOOKMAN by Roger McKenzie and Sandy Carruthers. Detective
Mastrocelli’s existence was irrevocably altered one dark eve many
years ago... the night an entity known as Spookman seeped from
the sinister shadows and into his life. Now all may be over as
the demon returns seeking revenge... and the source of his
extraordinary power, a mysterious amulet. An intense turning
point in the series!