CREATOR

Name: Charlton Comics (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1946 as a division of Charlton Publications. Stopped in 1985. Founders were Ed Levy and John Santangelo.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Charlton in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: Charlton published stories from all genres of the comic book universe. The company was known for its low-budget activities that included the publishing of previously unpublished material from bygone companies.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1952. Stopped in 1954 after 10 issues, but continued in a second run until 1958 (additional 19 issues).

The main character is Captain John Braddock, who is a detective in San Francisco's police department. From there he and his colleagues mostly work to stop racketeers and confidence tricksters.

The series initiated from a TV crime series that aired from 1951 to 1953 (98 episodes).

The full title of the series is Racket Squad in Action.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS


John Craddock

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1952
#2 - 1952
#4 - 1952

#5 - 1953
#8 - 1953
#9 - 1953

 

 

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