Charlton Bullseye (fanzine)

''The Charton Bullseye'' was a fanzine published from 1975-76 by the CPL Gang highlighting Charlton Comics. It was a large format publication, with color covers on card stock and black & white interiors. ''Charton Bullseye'' published several previously unpublished Charlton superhero and adventure stories, along with articles on Charlton comics, news, reviews, pinups, and more.

History

The CPL Gang was a group of comics enthusiasts who published the fanzine ''Contemporary Pictorial Literature'' (''CPL'') in the mid-1970s. Founded by Roger Stern and Bob Layton, the CPL Gang included Roger Slifer, Duffy Vohland, and the young John Byrne, all of whom themselves became comics professionals by the tail-end of the 1970s.

''CPL'' rapidly became a popular fan publication, and led to the CPL Gang forming an alliance with Charlton. During the mid-1970s, both Marvel Comics and DC Comics were publishing in-house "fan" publications (''F.O.O.M.'' and '' The Amazing World of DC Comics'' respectively), and Charlton wished to make inroads into the superhero market, as well as "establish a fan presence". The CPL Gang first got permission to publish a one-shot called ''Charlton Portfolio'' (actually ''CPL'' #9/10) in 1974 which included the unpublished sixth issue of '' Blue Beetle'' vol. 5 (1967 series).

The positive response to ''Charlton Portfolio'' led to the CPL Gang getting approval to publish a Charlton-focused fanzine, ''Charlton Bullseye''. This in turn led to Charlton giving Layton and Stern "access to unpublished material from their vaults by the likes of Steve Ditko, Jeff Jones and a host of others". Much of this material made it into the five issues of ''Charlton Bullseye''.

Issues

# First half of unpublished '' Captain Atom'' #90 story, finished by John Byrne.
# Second half of unpublished Captain Atom story.
# Kung Fu issue, unpublished "Wrong Country" by Sanho Kim intended for ''Yang''.
# (Apr. 1976) — new E-Man story and first half of unpublished final Doomsday+1 story.
# (Sept. 1976) — new The Question story by Alex Toth and second half of unpublished final Doomsday+1 story.

See also

* ''Charlton Spotlight''

References

External links

''Charlton Bullseye'', CPL/GANG Publications, 1975 Series
at the Grand Comics Database

''Charlton Bullseye'' #2

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