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Johnny Dynamite (1955 Charlton) comic books

  • Issue #11
    Johnny Dynamite (1955 Charlton) 11

    Cover by Pete Morisi. Stories and art by Pete Morisi and others. Charlton takes over publishing the adventures of hardboiled, one-eyed private eye Johnny Dynamite. Johnny escorts a nuclear scientist targeted by Communist agents, reflecting the Cold War concerns of a changing era. Secret agent Ed Wells must bring a secret cargo to the American embassy in London, but someone doesn't want him to arrive. Johnny meets his own private heart of darkness as he travels into the Vietnam jungles in search of a missing man and his daughter. The cover blurb describes the violent action as "Adult Reading," a rare distinction at the time. The Man of Many Faces; Lamebrain: In A Stew; The Shattered Alibi; Secret Agent From New York; Wilbur the Waiter Is Fowled Up; Ackley; Poison Jasmine. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.