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Issue: Hercules #1
Publication Date: October 1967
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Issues: #1 of 13 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: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Pat Masulli (Executive Editor); Dick Giordano (Managing Editor)
Disclose Notes: detailed synopsis for each sequence courtesy of Dean Webb.
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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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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman [as SJG]
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman [as SJG]
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Hercules
Character(s): Hercules
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagHercules #1 published January 2002
In Content Item: FlagCharlton Classics #1 published April 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover image is reversed on reprint and recolored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Adventures of the Man-God Hercules

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Gill
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Herb Field
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Hercules
Character(s): Hercules; King Philip; Helen of Troy; Alexander the Great
Synopsis: The story opens as Hercules seeks out the gods. After the death of his mother Alcmene he calls out to his father Zeus who explains that he must complete nine tasks and submit to the judgment of Eurystheus before he is allowed among the immortals. Hercules agrees and heads off to begin the first of his assigned labors, to kill the Nemean lion. After a series of encounters and struggles Hercules faces off against the dreaded lion and, using his massive strength, subdues and kills it. Hercules takes the lion's skin as his mantle and heads off to his next task.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHercules #8 published December 1968
as Origin of the Man-God [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCharlton Classics #1 published April 1980
as Adventures Of The Man-God Hercules [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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Meeko the Microbe

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: It's the story of a classroom science experiment gone wild as a microscopic microbe grows to vast proportions but becomes the pet of a fifteen year old girl. She goes on to vast fame as scientists all across the globe come to see her remarkable pet, and they agree that she and she alone can make money from the creature. As the story closes her fortune is assured as many flock to see Meeko.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Chapter One: The Feud

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Skeates (signed)
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Aparo
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Thane of Bagarth
Character(s): Thane of Bagarth; Beowulf; Eadstan; Hywura; Garmscio; Eowanda; Freahulf
Synopsis: The story takes place between both halves of the epic Anglo-Saxon saga Beowulf. After the battle with Grendel, Beowulf gave vast tracts of land to his thanes. After the passing of Wigmenric, his eldest son Hrothelac became Thane of Bagarth. When peasants are killed by a guardsman of neighboring Rothor, there is retaliation from a Bagarth guardsman. King Beowulf seeks the truth and demands proof from Hrothelac that Garmscio, Thane of Rothor, was the perpetrator. Hrothelac seeks out his younger brother Eowanda for help; unaware that like Garmscio, he plots to usurp the current Thane of Bagarth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHercules #8 published December 1968
as Chapter One: The Feud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThane of Bagarth #24 [Newsstand] published October 1985
as Chapter One: The Feud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSwords of Valor #1 published January 1990
as The Feud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1099
Disclose Notes: Origin of Hrothelac, a thane under Beowulf.

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