As a part of Charlton trying to compete with the big 3 Charlton comics started accepting creator owned series starting with
E-Man by Jack Sutton and Nickali Cutti
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The series would feature backup creator owned stories such as
Knight, Libberation Belle, Rogg-2000 (created by John Byrne of Wolverine, and Caped Crusader fame)
Killjoy, & Static (both by Steve Ditko)
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With Ditko owning the rights of these characters he had no problem putting Killjoy & Static in the Background of his Fawcett comics which led to many fan mail letters intrest in the panel of The Questions billboard asking
"Who is Killjoy?"
Charlton comics ended this experiment when the 1973 paper shortage forced the comic industry to cut titles so it was a surprise to fans when Steve Ditkos silent vigilante appeared in the pages of Hawk and Dove
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