Publishers / Charlton / Beyond the Grave (1975) / #1
1July 1975
$0.25

Beyond the Grave #1

Charlton · July 1975 · on sale 1975-04-29

First appearance: Mortimer TishinOrigin: Mortimer Tishin
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Identification plate

Series
Beyond the Grave (Charlton, 1975 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
July 1975
Key date
1975-07-00
On-sale date
1975-04-29
Indicia publisher
Charlton Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mortimer Tishin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Mortimer Tishin.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Tom Sutton; inks: Tom Sutton; colors: Tom SuttonMortimer Tishin First
1Mortimer Tishincomic story2script: Nick Cuti; pencils: Sanho Kim; inks: Sanho Kim; letters: Sanho KimMortimer Tishin First
2Nightmare Flightcomic story6script: Gary Petras; pencils: S. Ditko; inks: S. Ditko; letters: Ray Burzon
3The Sentrycomic story7script: Pat Boyette; pencils: Pat Boyette; inks: Pat Boyette; colors: Pat Boyette; letters: Pat BoyetteMortimer Tishin First
4Letters from the Undergroundtext article1script: George Wildman
5The Broken Willcomic story9script: Joe Gill; pencils: Fred Himes; inks: Fred Himes; letters: Fred Himes

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Series context

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Sources

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