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Issue: Gorgo #1
Publication Date: June 1961
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Issues: #1 of 23 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Charlton PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: 10/27/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Based on the motion picture by King Brothers released by MGM.

There is no month printed on the cover or in the indicia. This comic was based on the Gorgo movie, which per the indicia was released in 1960. An April newsstand date would equate to a June 1961 cover date.

On-sale date from Bestsellers (Newsdealer Magazine Inc., 1960 series) v15#8 (October 1960).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Monster from the Sea!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Gorgo
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDitko Monsters: Gorgo #[nn] published February 2013
as Gorgo! [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Monsters of the Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Facts about dinosaurs.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: A27
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Gorgo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gorgo
Synopsis: Gorgo, a giant lizard-like creature, is spewed from the bottomless depths by a volcanic eruption off the coast of a small Irish Island. The monster comes ashore and wreaks havoc before being driven off by torches. Gorgo gets captured with shark nets and sold to the Dorkin London Circus where he is put on display. It's discovered that Gorgo is only an infant and that a similar but larger creature has attacked Nara Island. That creature is Gorgos mother and she follows the scent of her offspring to England. After destroying much of London and rescuing her offspring, the two return to the sea.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Giants #24 published September 1966
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAttack of the Mutant Monsters #1 published January 1991
as Kegor [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled Kegor
In Content Item: FlagMonsters Attack! #1 published January 2002
as Kegor [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled Kegor
In Content Item: FlagDitko Monsters: Gorgo #[nn] published February 2013
as Gorgo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: 6673
Disclose Notes: Adaptation of the 1960 film.

Indicia states the movie was released in 1960. Other sources state it was 1961.

The adaptation contains scenes not present in the film, such as prehistoric fish being released by the volcanic explosion, the divers who discover Gorgo being attacked by a giant octopus, and Gorgo battling a killer whale.

The locals of the Irish Island called the monster Ogra after an ancient sea spirit but the owner of the Dorkin London Circus renames the creature Gorgo.

Gorgo is displayed as the "8th Wonder of the World" a moniker used for King Kong.
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Wonders of the Deep!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Various facts about undersea creatures.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: 6960
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Advice on creating a new game (Tennis Basketball), a party game (a verbal game where people change historical facts called "If") and a description of Iceland.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Things to make, things to do, things to know.
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Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Professor Hemlin explains superstition.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: 7176
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Strange People Who Are Real

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Various facts about carnival people.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: A-26
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page backcover pinup of Gorgo smashing London Bridge.

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