Hot N’ Cold Heroes

    (A+, 1990)
™ and ©1990 Roger Broughton/Sword in Stone Productions

Throughout their long runs, Charlton and ACG were rarely bywords for quality comics. For every Ogden Whitney or Steve Ditko strip they published half a dozen more by hacks, and plenty are reprinted here by the company who bought the rights to all their old strips. You’ll discover obscure super-heroes like Crash Kid, the not-quite-polished (although enthusiastic) work of John Byrne and predictable horror. The material would have nostalgic charm if found in its original form down the back of a discarded sofa after twenty years, but reprints can’t evoke memories as strongly, and a $2.50 cover price for largely substandard material negates all charm.
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  • 1
    #1
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Mike Carson, Len Sly, Nicola Cuti, Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Mike Zeck, Roger Beausoleil, John Byrne, Charles Nicholas
    Reprints from Monster Hunters #5; 1st Appearance of Hellsing; E-Man #6; Mr Muscles #23; Yellowjacket Comics #1; B&W
    3 copies from $2.75
  • 2
    #2
    Mar 1991
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Len Sly, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Dan Day, Pete Costanza, Edvard Moritz
    Reprints O: Nemesis, Magicman; Reprint from Unknown Worlds #56
    1 copy for $2.99