Charlton Bullseye (fanzine)

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first got permission to publish a one-shot called Charlton Portfolio (actually CPL #9/10) in 1974 which included the unpublished sixth issue of Blue Beetle vol. 5 (1967 series).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a Charlton-focused fanzine, Charlton Bullseye.[1] This in turn led to Charlton giving Layton and Stern "access to unpublished material from their vaults by the likes of Steve Ditko, Jeff Jones and a host of others."[1] Much of this material made it into the five issues of Charlton Bullseye.

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 First half of unpublished Captain Atom #90 story, finished by John Byrne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 Second half of unpublished Captain Atom story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 Kung Fu Issue, unpublished "Wrong Country" by Sanho Kim intended for Yang.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 (Apr. 1976) — new E-Man story and first half of unpublished final Doomsday+1 story.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 (Sept. 1976) — new The Question story by Alex Toth and second half of unpublished final Doomsday+1 story

• Charlton Spotlight

• Charlton Bullseye, CPL/GANG Publications, 1975 Series at the Grand Comics Database
• Charlton Bullseye #2