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About The Comic Books We Have => Wanted Comics => Topic started by: wolfboy_54 on June 23, 2009, 06:11:45 PM

Title: Gorgo?
Post by: wolfboy_54 on June 23, 2009, 06:11:45 PM

I don't know if Charlton Comics' Gorgo is a possibility or not. Time-wise, it fits more properly in The Silver Age. If that is not  problem, I think it is fair game. Not only should the Charlton Comics of that period be without a copyright holder, but the movie itself that these comics were licensed from has been in the public domain for many years. Similarly, I wonder about Charlton's Reptisaurus. While the first two issues (a licensed tie-in with American-International's Reptilicus) would not be in public domain, after that Charlton changed the dragon's appearance and its name to Reptisaurus.

Other opinions?

Title: Re: Gorgo?
Post by: darkmark on June 23, 2009, 06:28:09 PM

Gorgo was produced in the Sixties and thus falls outside the acceptable time range.  Sorry.

Title: Re: Gorgo?
Post by: John C on June 23, 2009, 07:30:12 PM

Yeah, Charlton's copyright statements are rarely valid (the ASCAP-derived International Copyright gibberish), so with the movie in the public domain, I count the books there, too.  But they're not "Golden Age," by any stretch of the imagination, so they need to live elsewhere.

Title: Re: Gorgo?
Post by: narfstar on June 23, 2009, 08:37:14 PM

Gorgo 2-5, 11-18, 20,23

Reptisaurus 4,7,special

These already have scans out there. If you have anything else by all means scan it for posting elsewhere even if not here.

Title: Re: Gorgo?
Post by: JonTheScanner on June 24, 2009, 05:44:14 AM

All of Gorgo, Konga and Reptilicus/Reptisaurus have been scanned and posted to ABPC.

Title: Re: Gorgo?
Post by: Aussie500 on July 15, 2009, 12:00:08 PM

I am sorry but I am not assuming a comic series might be in the public domain due to some hoped for clerical error, there are at least 3 Gorgo movies that have renewals and there would be no record of the comics even if they were not public domain.