Roger Broughton
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Roger Broughton is the Montreal-based publisher of Charlton Comics and American Comics Group reprint comics, under several names including "Sword in Stone" and "ACG".
His company Sword In Stone Productions purchased the rights to the remaining Charlton Comics properties in 1986. The Comics Buyer's Guide announcement caused an avalanche of phone call that lasted for over a month. With DC having earlier purchased most of the super hero titles, the company concentrated on syndicating material worldwide while publishing a few titles in America. Charlton material has appeared all over Europe, Asia, South Africa. Many children titles were also reprinted by Harvey Comics. Several books mostly children titles were optioned by major film studios but never made it to the screen.
In 2002, Broughton announced a merger of ACG with a graphic design firm to form "Charlton Media Group". This new company was created in part to publish new comics and reprints featuring the Charlton and ACG characters, though, so far, no such comics have been forthcoming. This new venture is not related to the Charlton Media Group of Singapore, which produces business publications.
