The Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read! Available June 17

May 16, 2025 4 Evil Eyes

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By: Stan Lee (Author), Bill Everett (Artist), Gene Colan (Artist), B. (Bernard) Krigstein (Artist)

Pulp horror classics from the 1950s! Revenge, ghosts, locked rooms and killer ants, taken from early Marvel Comics series Men’s Adventures and Amazing Detective Cases.

The 1950s boom in horror comics saw Atlas Comics’ entrée into the genre. Beginning in March 1952, Amazing Detective Cases began detailing cases where justice was served in supernatural fashion and beginning in May 1953, the adventures in Men’s Adventures were taken over by ghosts, murderous revenge, and psychological terror. The cream of Atlas’ artistic line-up ― including recent EC stars and future Marvel staples – rose to the grisly challenge of the horror genre. Each issue is crammed with four condensed tales of creeping dread, ironic comeuppance, or startling twists, all from a different artist or team. Among the short, sharp shocks included in this volume are the mini masterpieces “The Eerie Escape” by B. Krigstein, “The Torture Master!” by Russ Heath, The Drowning Witch” by Reed Crandall and “The 3rd Corpse” by Bill Everett. Stories by Gene Colan, John Romita, Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers, Jim Mooney, Paul Reinman and George Tuska, all of whom remained through the shift to Marvel Comics, additionally fill out these issues, along with Atlas regulars Fred Kida, Mort Lawrence, Mike Sekowsky and Myron Fass. Notably included is the first appearance of “Gorilla Man” by Robert Q. Sale, a character brought back in Marvel’s contemporary Agents of Atlas series, and part of their ongoing continuity.

Collecting Amazing Detective Cases #11-14 and Men’s Adventures #21-26, Shiver As You Read! is a perfect companion to Adventures Into Terror, Venus, and the other titles of the Atlas Comics Library.

Full-color illustrations throughout

The Atlas Comics Library No. 4: War Comics Vol. 1 Available November 19

September 7, 2024December 19, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

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Author: Joe Maneely & Gene Colan & Russ Heath

Continuing Fantagraphics’ project to reprint Marvel Comics’ 1950s genre titles, this volume compiles the first of what became the industry’s largest line of war books. Produced by veterans of WWII, the eight issues here feature future mainstream comics stalwarts such as Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, and more.

Forged in the crucible of the Korean War, and produced by veterans of the Second World War, this volume’s eight issues present the brutality and grimness of armed combat by some of Atlas’ most notable war artists and future comics stars including Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Dave Berg, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky, Vern Henkel, Allen Bellman, Pete Morisi and Norman Steinberg.

Propaganda abounds from the very first story, published in War Comics #1 in September 1950: “Peril in Korea,” a primer explaining why the USA joined the conflict. Other highlights include Colan’s “The Chips are Down” and “Victory,” Heath’s “Alone” and “No Survivors,” Maneely’s “Stormy Weather,” Henkel’s “Total Destruction,” and Berg’s “The Infantry’s War.”

The Atlas Comics Library No. 3: In the Days of the Rockets! Available August 6

June 27, 2024December 18, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

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Author: Joe Maneely & Hank Chapman & Mike Sekowsky

Expanding Fantagraphics’ project to reprint Marvel Comics’ 1950s genre titles, this volume blasts off to space opera adventure.

In the vein of earlier comics-to-multimedia stars Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, Atlas Comics launched their own pulp hero in 1951, looking ahead to the futuristic year 2000. Across five issues of Space Squadron (and one of Space Worlds), headline talents including George Tuska, Werner Roth and Allen Bellman (with back-up features by Joe Maneely, Christopher Rule, George Klein and Vern Henkel) showed Captain Jet Dixon and his Space Squadron blasting into action, facing cosmic threats like “The Armada of Death,” “The Space Demons,” “Terror from the Deep,” “The Temptress of Jupiter,” and “The Midnight Horror.”