 Over decades , other Charlie Chan comic books have been published : Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Prize Comics ' Charlie Chan ( 1948 ) which ran for five issues . It was followed by a Charlton Comics title ( four issues , 1955 ) . DC Comics published The New Adventures of Charlie Chan , a 1958 tie @-@ in with the TV series ; the DC series lasted for six issues . Dell Comics did the title for two issues in 1965 . In the 1970s , Gold Key Comics published a short @-@ lived series of Chan comics based on the Hanna @-@ Barbera animated series . 
