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


Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $2.00 		Mike Carson, Len Sly, Nicola Cuti, Jerry SiegelMike Zeck, Roger Beausoleil, John Byrne, Charles Nicholas
#2

March, 1991
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $2.99 		Len Sly, Richard E. HughesDan Day, Pete Costanza, Edvard Moritz