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Issue: Go-Go #8
Publication Date: August 1967
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Issues: #8 of 9 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: Charlton ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Bikini Luv; Monkees [Peter Tork; Davy Jones; Michael Nesmith; Micky Dolenz] (photo)
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Pages: 1
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The Monkee's [sic]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Monkees [Davy Jones; Peter Tork; Michael Nesmith; Micky Dolenz] (photo)
Synopsis: Exterior photo of the four scratching each others' heads.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. The caption is improperly punctuated.
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Our Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machine (?) [sic]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): The Modkees (see Notes) [Henry; Otto; Gabby; Alf]
Synopsis: While the other three dance with the girls at the beach, Alf goes to buy a used car and ends up with a World War I vintage biplane.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: B-820
Disclose Notes: Title is taken from then-current movie "The Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines."
At this point, the rock band starring in this story was still unnamed (and were called "The *" as a placeholder). The results of the contest to name them "The Modkees" will be announced in issue 9.
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Charlton Action-Heroes on Sale Now!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charlton
Character(s): Thunderbolt; Judomaster; The Peacemaker; Captain Atom; Blue Beetle
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the Charlton heroes, with the logo and a previously-published illustration of each hero depicted. Also a teaser for the new "Big 'C' " cover logo.
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Snow What (Part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Snow What; Harvey Prince
Synopsis: A parody of the Snow White story, with Snow What being the singer of a rock band and being targeted by a jealous rival.
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A teen advice column with a letter and response dealing with cheating. According to a reference in Sequential Crush by Danny Fingeroth in 2013, Dr. Harold Gluck was a real person. Despite being in a humor comic, the topic was discussed in a straightforward manner.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Bikini Luv; Otto Smartzenheimer; Max; Ajax
First Line: In the executive office of Otto Smartzenheimer,[...]
Synopsis: When the star who was going to play the astronaut in the movie "Man on the Moon Beach" gets drafted, Bikini gets put into the part. The prop department accidentally makes a real rocket and Bikini and Ajax blast off.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: B-846
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Rapunzelstiltskin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: From a high, stony tower adjacent to a quaint little cottage in Brooklyn, N.Y.,[,,,]
Synopsis: A girl is kept in a tower in Brooklyn by her wicked stepmother because of her ability to spin straw into dental floss. A singing group offers to set her free, but they require that she sign a contract to become a lifetime member of the group.
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Disclose Notes: Part one of two. A merging of the Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin fairy tales with a dose of pop music humor.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Beau; P. S. Peculiar; Walter Warlock; Buck Warlock; Warren Furrington; Hermione Rope; Boticcelli
First Line: The rumor that Peculiar Place, that ordinary little[...]
Synopsis: P. S. Peculiar has disappeared and if he isn't found Peculiar Place will be given back to the Indians. The townspeople search the cranberry bogs and find that the disappearance was a plan of P. S. Peculiar to have his cranberries picked for free. Unfortunately for P. S., he is buried under an avalanche of cranberries and swept into Ridiculous Canyon.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: B-882
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The Monkee's [sic]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Monkees [Davy Jones; Peter Tork; Michael Nesmith; Micky Dolenz]
Synopsis: The Monkees peer through the rungs of a metal ladder.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. The caption has the same incorrect punctuation as the inside front cover.
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At Last!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Teen Tunes and Pin-Ups
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated promo for the first issue of Charlton's "Teen Tunes and Pin-Ups" magazine.

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