COMICS FROM OUTER SPACE (PART 10)

Distant worlds, strange monsters and teleportation to other planets all await the reader in this one-shot from Charlton published in 1962.

THE GREEN PLANET

Special Edition (no number/one-shot)

1962 (no month)

Charlton Comics Group

Editor: Pat Masulli

Cover: Dick Giordano

Pages: 36

Cover price: 12 cents

CONTENTS

"The Green Planet"

Script: Joe Gill?

Art: Charles Nicholas; Vince Alascia

"The Man Who Was Here and There!"

Script: Joe Gill?

Art: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

"An Empty Earth"

Script: Joe Gill?

Art: Dick Giordano; Vince Colletta

IS KONGA FINALLY COMING?

It seems like it's been a year-and-a-half or two since I pre-ordered the Konga model kit. Thus far, just a few irregular notices of delay, but just recently I received a promising message from Steve Iverson at CultTVman that it's supposed to be shipped real soon. It's not his fault, mind you, it's the manufacturer (Monarch Models, who have had problems with solvency in recent years -- maybe somebody bought 'em?). I hope it's worth the wait and it'll be a good, clean build.

Box art and prototype:

In the meantime, let's take a look at Charlton's KONGA comic book adaptation from June 1961. Edited by Pat Masulli, and with a cover by Dick Giordano, the script is written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Steve Ditko. Charlton followed up with a 22-issue series continuing Konga's story.

NOTE: There's a quirky little back-up story in this issue. "The Movies Come of Age", written by (probably) Joe Gill with pencils by Bill Molno and inks by Vince Alascia provides a brief history of cinema on the big screen.