We now return you to "The Return of the Datajunkie"!

Q:I didn't know you were planning a come-back?
A:I hate that word! It's a RETURN!!!
From the film "Sunset Boulevard" (1950)

Oh, yes, it's me.... I'm back, for better or worse - No plan, no back-up, and oh yeah... I've got nothing to lose....
Took a nice long break from this, filed some reports, did a whole bunch 'o' interesting stuff, but all the while i've been scanning and collating and doing the due diligence in the definitive datajunkie manner.

OK cats & kittens, here we go, and as I said on the dance floor earlier, you might want to find something to hang on to....

First up - themed compilations! If I can't get these published as real paper type books, the virtual e-book is da next best thang! First up, two collections of horror stories from Eerie Publications by Dick Ayers and Chic Stone (a couple of these came from some Skywald mags).


Dick Ayers Eerie Horror Compilation


Chic Stone Horror Datajunkie Compilation

These should be obvious from the covers...


Satan's Greatest Hits


Squishy Swamp Stories


Jungle Jitters


Weird SF 1

Enjoy!

Mo' Horror!

More thrills and chills for you gals and ghouls from that bone-chilling blogger, Mr "Hair-raising Horror" himself, Mr. Hyper Dave. More Charlton, more from Fass, more audio.... what's not to love?

Weird Vampire Tales 1 from 1979 is the usual nasty, vile, putrid, icky low-rent slush we all know and love....so don't ask! Just download! At least in this digital age the newsprint doesn't make your fingertips go all smudgy and black.... just your mind!



Weird Vampire Tales 1

Two Steve Ditko stunners from "The Big C", and the scripting for both the Gorgo and Konga stories (by Joe Gill I assume) are handled with a light whimsical touch. Mr. Ditko picks up on this, and the Konga story is a real treat, including a running gag featuring a picture of the (obligatory) scientist's girlfriend acting as a Greek chorus (look, just read the darn thing, it will all make sense). The aforementioned scientist gives our ape protagonist a shot of shrinky-dink juice, so he can get a dose of his own medicine... sort of a simian version of "the Incredible Shrinking Man". The Gorgo story is also pretty neat as it features an intelligent bottle-nose dolphin, making this a weird hybrid.... kind of like "Flipper" meets "Godzilla"...... and people wonder why I have such a soft spot for these old Charlton books.


Return Of Gorgo 3


Konga's Revenge

Plus more audio full of spooky radio ads, three for "Bloodfiend", plus "Blood-O-Rama Shock Festival", and my favorite - "Chiller Carnival of Blood". But wait! There's more! How about three radio spots for Dario Argento's classic "Suspiria"!

Coming next week - I think i'll round up some "Buccaneers" and we'll dig up some kind of "Buried Treasure" since we're still living in a world full 'o' pirates....

Oh No! It's A Giant Monster!!

He's GORGO-riffic!

The first issues of these two titles are reprinted in FANTASTIC GIANTS #1 - Possibly one of the best all-Ditko books you'll ever read.


This was the first book that Steve did after his acrimonious departure from Marvel... a parting of the ways with Stan Lee over "creative differences" regarding certain elements of Spiderman. Just look at these pages below -


Simply amazing!
This 64 page stunner reprints Konga #1 and Gorgo #1 plus 2 short "weirdies" done right after his leaving Marvel! Chip on his shoulder? Could be....
64 pages of Steve Ditko & Joe Gill! This pdf is sooooo big I hadda upload it two parts! Yowza!

Fantastic Giants Part 1
Fantastic Giants Part 2




Gorgo 3

Issue 12 [non-Ditko] features an appearance (guest shot, crossover... hmmm - do monsters "cross-over"?) by "Reptisaurus" (AKA Reptilicus).


Gorgo 12

Steve's back on board with this one... Look Out!

Gorgo 15


Even though Steve Ditko DIDN'T do the artwork on issue 20 it has something great going for it. Pure weirdness.


Lookin' good, Oh Green One!



Gorgo 20


But WAIT! There's MORE!


Gorgo's Revenge

Don't let the cover fool ya, it's pure Ditko inside!

Return of Gorgo 3

Everybody KONGA!


These monster books [Gorgo and Konga] are among the best comics Charlton EVER produced - taking an almost ridiculous format and investing it with more depth than the material deserved.

Konga #4


Konga 5


Konga 8


Konga 9

Another gem by Ditko and Gill as Konga gets shrunk to bite-size....
It's the [incr]edible shrinking Konga!

Konga's Revenge 2

OK, so this isn't by Ditko, but it's still a fun book. Interiors by Montes and Mastroserio, cover by Giordano, script by Joe Gill (I would assume).

Konga's Revenge 3

Some of these are re-posts, but a few are here for the first time. 13 monster books from your old pal, "Hyper" Dave. Share and enjoy!

Coming next... a BIG surprise for all you Charlton fans!
Stay tuned!

Haunted Love!

OK, so the post below may be a bit cryptic and off-topic (or at least off-trail) but since that's the way it is....

But, to business.... more fab Gothic romance from the House of Charlton
with contributions from Don Newton, Joe Gill, Joe Staton, Nicola Cuti, Steve Ditko and Tom Sutton.....


Haunted Love 1


Haunted Love 9

Flogging the old Charlton Horror re-post... again!

While I finish up a few of my comprehensive "monster-size" posts (similar to the THUNDER agents two-parter that almost broke my back last October) here's some repost-o-rama.


First ish of this shortlived title, hosted by Mortimer Tishin.... Mort Tishin... get it? I guess Nicola Cuti was hanging out with Joe Gill that day. I wanted to include the Fred Himes story from this issue but my copy is missing a page - oh well....
BEYOND THE GRAVE #1


Haunted #11 has the excellent Gothic tale By Steve Ditko, "Bride in Darkness"...
HAUNTED #11


Haunted #12 features "Eternal Love" by Stevey the D once more cranking it out on tha "Gothic Romance" tip again, plus "The Egg" by Joe Staton.
HAUNTED #12


MONSTER HUNTERS #3!


MONSTER HUNTERS #8


MONSTER HUNTERS #10


SCARY TALES #3



And to finish up, dig that Tom Sutton cover... and the second story, "The Eyes of the Beholders" is by him also. The swamp monster tale, "Fear Feeder" seems to be signed "Carlos Villa" and is also a nice job, but the stand-out story has to be "Sanctuary" by Joes Staton & Gill. Sweet stuff!
SCARY TALES #4!

Gorgo-riffic!

Even though Steve Ditko DIDN'T do the artwork on these two issues they both have something to recommend them. Issue 20 in particular.


Lookin' good, Oh Green One!

Issue 12 features an appearance (guest shot, crossover... hmmm - do monsters "cross-over"?) by "Reptisaurus" (AKA Reptilicus).



Gorgo 12




Gorgo 20