Charons of Hell
Gredown Pty. Limited for Boraig Pty. Ltd
Australia.
- Published
- March 1983
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 1.00 AUD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Magazine size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic
- Branding
-
None
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/811208
- Trove version
- trove.nla.gov.au/version/37076595
Credits
- Editing
- ?
Issue contents
Cover
Black Death!
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Painting
- Adolfo Gracia [as Marty] (signed)
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Art
- ? [Iger Shop]
Reprint history
- First print
-
Fantastic Fears (Farrell, 1953 series) #4 (November 1953) — Black Death
-
Escorpion (Vilmar, 1973 series) #4 (November 1973) — Los ojos del diablo
- Also printed
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v1#12 (October 1966) — Black Death
-
Tales of Voodoo (Eerie, 1968 series) #Vol. 2 No. 3 (July 1969) — Black Death
-
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v2#5 (October 1970) — Black Death
-
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v2#6 (December 1970) — Black Death
-
Tales from the Tomb (Eerie, 1969 series) v4#2 (March 1972) — Black Death
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v7#6 (October 1973) — Black Death
-
Strange Experience (Gredown, 1975 series) #10 ([1976?])
-
Tales of Horror (Gredown, 1975 series) v1#8 ([November 1977?]) — Black Death
-
Ghostly Shadows (Gredown, 1980?) ([1983?]) — Black Death
- From GCD
- from Fantastic Fears (Ajax
Farrell, 1953 series) #4 (November 1953) - from Fantastic Fears (Ajax
Farrell, 1953 series) #4
Synopsis
A newlywed couple shipwrecked on a desert island encounters a colony of ravenous giant ants.
2Featuring
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
Reprint history
- First print
-
Horror (Producciones, 1973 series) #3 ([1973?]) — La ventana
Notes
"© Ediciones Petronio, S.A./The Illustrated—Barcelona."
3Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Editing
- Carl Burgos
Ezra Jackson (art)
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v6#5 (September 1974) — Horror without a Head
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v10#2 (June 1977) — Horror Without a Head
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) #Vol. 13 No. 3 (June 1980) — Horror Without a Head
- Also printed
-
Terrors of Dracula (Eerie, 1979 series) v1#4 (August 1979) — Horror Without a Head
-
Terrors of Dracula (Eerie, 1979 series) v3#2 (September 1981) — Horror Without a Head
- Based on
-
Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1952 series) #8 (May 1952) — Headless Horror
- From GCD
- from Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#5 [a redrawn version of "Headless Horror" Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1952 series) #8]
Synopsis
A TV reporter spends the night in a haunted house with plans to broadcasts it as a TV show.
Notes
Same basic script as original with new art.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Script
- Greg Olivetti
- Art
- Chic Stone
- Editing
- Richard E. Hughes
Reprint history
5Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Script
- Tom Sutton
- Art
- Tom Sutton
- Letters
- Tom Sutton
- Editing
- George Wildman
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Monster Hunters (Charlton, 1975 series) #2 (October 1975) — The Kukulkaton
- Also printed
-
Tales of Horror (Gredown, 1975 series) v1#3 (March 1976) — The Kukulkaton
- Printed in
-
Monster Hunters (Modern, 1977 series) #2 (1977) — The Kukulkaton
- Also printed
-
Creepy Things (Modern, 1977 series) #2 (1978) — Untitled
-
Creepy Things (Modern, 1977 series) #2 (1978) — The Kukulkaton
-
Monster Hunters (Murray, 1978 series) #1 ([1978?]) — The Kukulkaton
- Printed in
-
Beyond the Grave (Charlton, 1983 series) #9 (May 1983) — The Kukulkaton
- Original
- Monster Hunters 2, October 1975
Synopsis
The explorers try to steal Kukulkaton's treasure.
Notes
Mentions Cthulu and Nyarlathotep from the H.P. Lovecraft mythology.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Art
- Edvard Moritz
- Editing
- Richard E. Hughes
Reprint history
7Featuring
- Genre
- Sword and Sorcery
Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
Reprint history
Notes
"©—Editorial Vilmar—Barcelona—The Illustrated."
8
9Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Script
- Kurato Osaki
- Art
- Paul Reinman
- Editing
- Richard E. Hughes
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, 1948 series) #147 (March 1964) — I've Got to Protect Nettie!
- Also printed
-
Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #113 (1971) — I've Got to Protect Nettie!
- From GCD
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #147 (March 1964)
Synopsis
Confederate Army Major Richard Truesdale is able to secure his wife and daughter's safety and hide the family fortune before he is shot by Union soldiers. He is transported to the present day, where he dies of his wounds, but not before he is able to tell his only surviving descendant where he hid the fortune.
10Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Art
- Domingo Mandrafina
Reprint history
- First print
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#6 (October 1972) — Deadman's Rope
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#6 (October 1972)
- Also printed
-
Tales from the Tomb (Eerie, 1969 series) v6#5 (September 1974) — Deadman's Rope
-
Ghosts of Terror (Gredown, 1976 series) #4 (August 1977) — Deadman's Rope
- Based on
-
Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1952 series) #9 (June 1952) — The Captain's Return
-
Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1952 series) #26 (December 1954) — The Captain's Return
Synopsis
A ship's crewman uses his rope to strangle anyone who gets in his way.
11Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Script
- Richard Hughes?
- Pencils
- Edvard Moritz
- Inks
- Al Camy?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes
Reprint history
12Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Art
- Enrique Cristobal?
Reprint history
- First print
-
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v6#1 (January 1974)
- Also printed
-
Terror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v9#4 (October 1978) — The Headless Ones
- Based on
-
Chamber of Chills (Harvey, 1951 series) #13 (October 1952) — Man in the Hood
- From GCD
- from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1952 series) #13 (October 1952) [a redrawn version of "Man in the Hood"]
Synopsis
An executioner during the French revolution is visited by a pair of his dead victims carrying their own severed heads.
13Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
Reprint history
Notes
"© Ediciones Petronio, S.A./The Illustrated—Barcelona."
Notes
This issue is listed at the Murdoch University Library.
Indicia
Produced by Gredown Pty. Limited, 249 Pitt Street, Sydney for Boraig Pty. Ltd.
Printed by Eastern Suburbs Newspapers, 140 Joynton Ave, Waterloo, N.S.W.
Distributors: Gordon & Gotch A/Asia, Ltd., Melbourne