CREATOR

Name: Charlton Comics (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1946 as a division of Charlton Publications. Stopped in 1985. Founders were Ed Levy and John Santangelo.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Charlton in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: Charlton published stories from all genres of the comic book universe. The company was known for its low-budget activities that included the publishing of previously unpublished material from bygone companies.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1968*. Stopped in 1971 after 22 issues.

The series describes some of the numerous run-ins the two starring characters have with both their surroundings and each other. The duo consists of the tall Bud Abbott who plays the straight man, and the short Lou Costello who plays the funny man.

The series is a spinoff from a series of TV comedy presentations that ran from 1951 to 1954 under the title The Abbott and Costello Show.

* The first series ran from 1948 to 1956 (40 issues).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

Bud Abbott
Lou Costello

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#2 - 1968
#6 - 1969
#12 - 1969

#15 - 1970
#18 - 1970
#21 - 1971

 

 

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