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Mystic 23

Charlton Tales

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Curated Charlton tales, timelines, and cover art notes.

Issue Information
Cover Date
September 1953
Sighted Date Stamp
July 10
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Official Magazine Corp.
 
Cover Titles
When We Say These are Chilling Tales, We Ain't Kiddin'!
Don't Shrink Sam's Head!
Oerfect Planet!
Hugo!
 
Cover Credits
Russ Heath pencils and inks signed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Stories

Credits
Hy Rosen pencils unsigned Hy Rosen inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Chris Brown: Story Information
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Credits
Ross Andru pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Chris Brown: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: In this story, it is the year 2300 and "Earth has suddenly slipped from its age-old orbit around the sun and now circles closer and closer to the flaming mass! Man must find a new planet on which to live or starve in the white-hot rays of the sun..."

Explorers return from exploring space to report that they have not found a habitable planet, though they mention they didn't get around to exploring a satellite of Venus. Unfortunately the spaceships are all spent. They finally resort to retrieving an old derelict spaceship from the museum. They land on the planet and it is a Garden of Eden. However, the spaceship was damaged in landing. They can't fly back to tell Earth of their discovery and sadly their radio can't send signals all the way to earth. Worst of all, only four male astronauts had made the journey, so it looks like the end of the human race.

After the last panel: "Don't miss the astounding sequel to this tale...'The Great Migration'...in the next issue of MYSTIC!"

However, you won't find that story in the next issue of Mystic. Instead you have to jump over to Astonishing 27 - Oct 1953 - Chris Brown.
Credits
Pete Tumlinson pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Chris Brown: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils and inks attributed
Contributors:
Chris Brown: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: The reprint in Chamber of Chills 10 - credits Sol Brodsky.
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills 10
Credits
Manny Stallman pencils signed Manny Stallman inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Chris Brown: Story Information
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows 6