Editing Charlton Comics (section)

===Bronze Age===
[[Nicola Cuti]] made creative improvements to Charlton's line in the early 1970s, which had been referred to as [[Bronze Age of comic books|comics' Bronze Age]], during which he worked as assistant editor under [[George Wildman]], who was occupied primarily with administrative duties. Cuti brought [[Mike Zeck]], among others, into Charlton's roster of artists, and his writing enlivened the ''Ghostly'' titles, now including ''[[Ghostly Haunts]]''. Other Bronze Age Charlton horror titles included ''[[Haunted (comics)|Haunted]]'', ''[[Midnight Tales]]'', and ''[[Scary Tales (comics)|Scary Tales]]''.

In 1973, Charlton debuted the [[gothic romance]] title ''[[Haunted Love]]'', but this same period saw the mass cancellation of almost all of Charlton's vast stable of traditional [[Romance comics|romance]] titles, including such long-running series as; ''[[Sweethearts (comics)|Sweethearts]]'', ''Romantic Secrets'', ''Romantic Story'', ''[[I Love You (comics)|I Love You]]'', ''Teen-Age Love'', ''Just Married'', and ''Teen Confessions'', all of which dated from the 1950s.

[[Image:CharltonBullseye logo.jpg|thumb|right|149px|Bullseye logo, used from Sept./Oct. 1973]]
In the mid-1970s, a brief resurgence of talent occurred, energized by Cuti, artist [[Joe Staton]], and the "[[CPL Gang]]" – a group of writer/artist comics fans including [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]], [[Roger Stern]], [[Bob Layton]], and [[Roger Slifer]], who had all worked on the fanzine ''[[CPL (fanzine)|Contemporary Pictorial Literature]]''. Charlton began publishing such new titles as ''[[E-Man]]'', ''[[Midnight Tales]]'', and ''[[Doomsday + 1]]''. The CPL Gang also produced an in-house fanzine called ''[[Charlton Bullseye (fanzine)|Charlton Bullseye]]'', which published, among other things, commissioned but previously unpublished material; including the company's last ''Captain Atom'' story. Also during this period, most of Charlton's titles began sporting painted covers.

Early in 1975, Cuti, already writing freelance for the company in addition to his staff duties, quit to write freelance exclusively for Charlton when its line expanded to include black-and-white magazines in addition to the King Features and Hanna-Barbera franchised titles. He was replaced by [[Bill Pearson (comics)|Bill Pearson]], who became assistant editor after promoting [[Don Newton]] as the new ''Phantom'' artist and writing scripts for that title.

Charlton's black-and-white comics magazines were based upon current [[television series]] and aimed at older readers. One of these was ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' #1–7 (July 1976&nbsp;– August 1977). Retailing for $1, it featured art by [[Neal Adams]]' studio, [[Continuity Associates]], as well as some stories by veteran illustrators [[Jack Sparling]] and [[Win Mortimer]]. Also published in magazine form were adaptations of ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' spinoff ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'', ''[[Space: 1999]]'', and ''[[Emergency!]]'', as well as a comic based on teen heartthrob [[David Cassidy]], then starring in the musical [[sitcom]] ''[[The Partridge Family]]''.

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:E-Man4.jpg|thumb|''[[E-Man]]'' #4 (August 1974). Cover art by [[Joe Staton]].]] -->
By 1976, however, most of these titles had been cancelled,<ref>"Charlton Has Suspended Publication Indefinitely", ''[[The Comics Journal|The Nostalgia Journal]]'' #29, October 1976, p. 14.</ref> and most of the company's remaining titles  went on hiatus during the period January to August 1977. Much of the new talent took the opportunity to move on to Marvel and DC.