"Commando" by Charlton premier issue 12/81

[Nunya Bidnits]

I have come across this unique magazine published by comic publisher Charlton. Its similar to, and contains advertising for, their "Gung-Ho" magazine. It appears to be extremely rare as I cannot find any references to it anywhere and so far have not been able to find anyone in any forums who is familiar with it. I am trying to find out if it has any value, and obviously if it does, to who.

Here's an image of the cover:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2369/2390776170_773fb7ab2c.jpg


Thanks for any help anyone can give me on this pub. If there are other forums, such as for survivalist mags and so forth where I should be asking this question, I would appreciate a link.

Sincerely

MartyB

[Nunya Bidnits]

No replies... did I post in the wrong forum?

MartyB

[The Charlton Guy]

I held off for fear of drooling while typing...:D

That is a great piece. I haven't seen this title before.

Is there comic art in it? Or is it just crime yarns and photos?

[The Charlton Guy]

And we have another Corral Member (Quato) who is also interested in and collects Charlton "Obscurities". He probably knows more than I what the Mag end of Charlton is all about.

He started a cool thread here:

http://www.comicscorral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2424

And Quato has started an excellent Charlton web page with great info on their various publications. There's a link on the thread above.

Me? I mainly dig the Charlton Sci-Fi and Horror titles.

But hell, I'll buy damn near anything Charlton...except My Little Margie...#exorcist#

[malaprop]

"except My Little Margie..."

Sir, you cut me to the quick.

[rob_allan]

Did they make other issues of this?

[Nunya Bidnits]

Thanks for the reply and the information.

The "Commando" content is mostly articles and photos, with lots of real entertaining ads as you can imagine.

I just got hold of a replacement flatbed and I will scan the back cover, which is a hoot, and a few pages and table of contents for you, sometime this weekend.

Cheers,

MartyB

[Nunya Bidnits]

Did they make other issues of this?
I have been searching the net extensively and can't even find any references to this issue, nor any further issues. It may have never made it past the first one.

MartyB