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Publishers / Charlton / Gorgo (1961) / #1

1[June 1961]
$0.10

Gorgo #1

Charlton · [June 1961] · on sale October 27, 1960

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Identification plate

Series: Gorgo (Charlton, 1961 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [June 1961]
Key date: June 1961
On-sale date: October 27, 1960
Indicia publisher: Charlton Comics Group
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Monster from the Sea!	cover	1	pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano	Gorgo
1	Monsters of the Past	comic story	1	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Sam Glanzman; inks: Sam Glanzman; letters: Jon D'Agostino
2	Gorgo	comic story	22	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Gorgo
3	Wonders of the Deep!	comic story	4	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Sal Trapani; letters: Jon D'Agostino
4	-	in-house column	2	letters: typeset
5	Fear!	comic story	4	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; letters: Jon D'Agostino
6	Strange People Who Are Real	comic story	1	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Vince Alascia; letters: Jon D'Agostino
7	-	illustration	1	inks: Dick Giordano

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Fantastic Giants #24	1966	On eBay ›
Ditko Monsters: Gorgo #[nn] ISBN 978-1613775523	2013	On eBay ›
Gorgo - Volume 1 ISBN 978-1544120362	2017	On eBay ›
Ditko's Monsters #[nn] ISBN 978-1-68405-447-3	2019	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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