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 The company was known for its low-budget activities that included the publishing of previously unpublished material from bygone companies.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 1960. Stopped in 1965 after 23 issues.

The starring character is a giant sea monster named Gorgo (after the Gorgons in Greek mythology), that is sighted off the Irish coast and brought to London, England, to be featured as a circus attraction. Later on, it escapes to the east coast of the USA from where it begins helping mankind battle sinister forces.

The series is loosely based upon the British monster film Gorgo from 1961 (see also Konga).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Gorgo

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1960
#2 - 1961
#6 - 1962

#11 - 1963
#19 - 1964
#22 - 1965

 

 

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