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 The company was known for its low-budget activities that included the publishing of previously unpublished material from bygone companies.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 1971. Stopped in 1973 after 21 issues.

This is the story about a widowed mother, Shirley Partridge, and her 5 children. They all embark on a music career playing as an orchestra. Their names and musical preferences are: Shirley (vocals, keyboards, percussion, tambourine), Keith (vocals, guitar, banjo), Laurie (vocals, piano, percussion), Danny (vocals, guitar, bass), Chris (vocals, drums), and Tracy (vocals, tambourine, percussion).

The series is a spinoff from a situation comedy TV series that ran from 1970 to 1974 (96 episodes).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS


Shirley Partridge et al

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#3 - 1971
#5 - 1971
#12 - 1972

#13 - 1972
#20 - 1973
#21 - 1973

 

 

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