chernobog13: pulpsandcomics2:Charlton house ad This was an initiative in 1966 by executive editor Di
chernobog13: pulpsandcomics2:Charlton house ad This was an initiative in 1966 by executive editor Dick Giordano to revive Charlton’s superhero characters in order to take advantage of the superhero boom of the mid-1960s, especially following the success of the Batman television show.Unfortunately, these characters couldn’t find a foothold in a market dominated at the time by DC and Marvel. The Charlton Action-Heroes were off the racks by 1967, except for Blue Beetle, who barely managed to hang on until late 1968.20 years later Dick Giordano was executive editor at DC Comics, and he helped facilitate the purchase of these characters (as well as others) from Charlton.* They were originally going to be the characters in Alan Moore’s and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen limited series. DC, however, balked at that because (and I hope I’m not spoiling Watchmen for anyone) most of the characters would be dead or irredeemable by the end of the story. That is not what DC wanted after shelling out the money to buy the characters. Moore and Gibbons instead created analogue characters for their story, the original Charlton characters were integrated into the DC universe, and the rest is history.* DC never purchased Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, just a license to use the character. In an unusual (for the time) deal, ownership Thunderbolt reverted to his creator, Pete Morisi, when Charlton went out of business. The license DC had expired in 2003, and Morisi’s estate has since licensed the character to Dynamite. -- source link