Best of Xmas in the Emergency Room YOUNG DOCTORS "Dr Tom Brent: Christmas Comes in August!"

Its' the Day After Christmas...

...and I'm too full of spiked eggnog to do a new post, so here's a re-presentation of our first Christmas post from 2020!

This never-reprinted tale from Charlton's Young Doctors #6 (1963) unfortunately shows off the terrible printing Charlton Comics was famous for.

The publisher didn't utilize the printing companies literally every other comics publisher used.

Instead, to save money, they printed on old, second-hand presses.

But these presses had been constructed to handle cardboard and plastic packaging, not the much-thinner paper used for comics!

As a result, their comics had an amazing amount of smearing and off-register color, as you can see from the first page.

It's a shame, because the art by penciler Joe Sinnott and inker Vince Colletta deserves a better presentation!

BTW, Young Doctors was an anthology title featuring tales of all the MDs who had their own Charlton books, including, of course, Dr Tom Brent, Young Intern!

We're taking next week off!
See you January 9th, 2026!

DR TOM BRENT: YOUNG INTERN "Not All Doctors Are Doctors"

Electroshock therapy is still being used today...

...despite being controversial as far back as the 1960s, when this never-reprinted tale from Charlton's Dr Tom Brent: Young Intern #5 (1963) was published!

Written by Joe Gill, penciled by Charles Nicholas, and inkd by Vince Colletta, it's surprising this story got past the Comics Code Authority, since it portrays an authority figure (Dr Edmond) using "vibrotherapy"as untrustworthy.

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Xmas in the Emergency Room YOUNG DOCTORS "Dr Tom Brent: Christmas Comes in August!"

You have no idea how few medical-themed Yuletide comics stories there are...

...until you try to find one...and end up with a tale that's the victim of terrible printing!

This never-reprinted tale from Charlton's Young Doctors #6 (1963) unfortunately shows off the terrible printing Charlton Comics was famous for.

The publisher didn't utilize the printing companies literally every other comics publisher used.

Instead, to save money, they printed on old, second-hand presses.

But these presses had been constructed to handle cardboard and plastic packaging, not the much-thinner paper used for comics!

As a result, their comics had an amazing amount of smearing and off-register color, as you can see from the first page.

It's a shame, because the art by penciler Joe Sinnott and inker Vince Colletta deserves a better presentation!

BTW, Young Doctors was an anthology title featuring tales of all the MDs who had their own Charlton books, including, of course, Dr Tom Brent, Young Intern!

We're taking next week off, but we'll be back after New Year's Day!