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While the quality of EC's six horror\/sci-fi titles was unsurpassed with their elite cadre of talent, Atlas was the equivalent of the B-movies studio, churning out anywhere from 8 to 12 different horror titles a month, giving a wider array of artists, including some of the best craftsmen of the era, a chance to show off their talents: in addition to those already mentioned, future volumes will include Bill Everett, John Romita, Bernie Krigstein, Jerry Robinson, Harry Anderson, and Matt Fox. Stories from Marvel's Atlas line have barely been reprinted. \u003cp\u003eThe Fantagraphics Atlas Comics Library is the first attempt to publish a carefully curated line of Atlas titles. Our first volume, \u003ci\u003eAdventures Into Terror,\u003c\/i\u003e includes a treasure trove of stories drawn by many of the most stylistically accomplished artists of the Golden Age including George Tuska, Carl Burgos, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Maneely, and Joe Sinnott.  Highlights include Russ Heath's two-part story \"The Brain\" from issue #4 and \"Return of the Brain\" from issue #6; Basil Wolverton's classic \"Where Monsters Dwell\" from issue #7; Gene Colan's moody \"House of Horror\" in issue #3; and Don Rico's wild layouts are on display from #4's \"The Torture Room.\" The stories are written firmly in the tradition of the pulpy, perverse, borderline deranged style that brought Fredric Wertham, the United States Senate Sub-Committee, and public opinion down like a sledgehammer on comics in the early '50s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdited by Atlas scholar Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, scanned directly from the published comics, and meticulously restored by Allan Harvey, the first volume of the new Fantagraphics Atlas Library series is an event among comics lovers, collectors, and historians\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50178282094865,"sku":"CIN1683968719A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51046992904465,"sku":"NIN9781683968719","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52106927046929,"sku":"CIN1683968719G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53243391738129,"sku":"CIN1683968719VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1683968719.jpg?v=1752660956"},{"product_id":"atlas-comics-library-no-8-book-stan-lee-9798875001086","title":"The Atlas Comics Library No. 8","description":"\u003cb\u003eMarvel in a \u003ci\u003eMad\u003c\/i\u003e mode! The complete 1955 \u003ci\u003eSnafu\u003c\/i\u003e magazine collected for the first time, featuring satire by John and Marie Severin, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Stan Lee and others in a gorgeous new package!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Harvey Kurtzman and Bill Gaines launched EC's \u003ci\u003eMad\u003c\/i\u003e comic book as a warmly received satirical magazine, a flood of imitators soon filled newsstands, but the first and best to follow in Mad's footsteps (coinciding with the second issue of \u003ci\u003eMad\u003c\/i\u003e magazine) was \u003ci\u003eSnafu\u003c\/i\u003e, edited and written by Kurtzman's former boss: Stan \"The Man\" Lee! \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnafu\u003c\/i\u003e was packed with Marvel\/Atlas' top humor creators and, following the \u003ci\u003eMad\u003c\/i\u003e playbook, filled pages with ad and news spoofs, alongside film, television, and book parodies like \"The Blackboard Forest\" by Russ Heath, \"Pete Kelsey's Booze\" and \"Bleed, You Bum!\" by Joe Maneely, \"Drugnet\" by Howie Post, \"Emily Toast's Etiquette Page\" by John Severin, and \"Snafu's Lovely Ladies\" by Bill Everett, with production supervised by Marie Severin. Seen here is some of the most eye-popping work of Maneely's short life, including great Hollywood caricatures done in a wash style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new volume in our Atlas Library collaboration with Marvel, Fantagraphics is tickled pink to present for the first time, the complete \u003ci\u003eSnafu\u003c\/i\u003e collection along with a history of Martin Goodman's humor publications in all genres by editor Dr. Michael J. 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Mystery, adventure and suspense was promised and delivered! At the hands of a stellar artistic line-up, including John Buscema, Mike Sekowsky, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath, and Bernard Krigstein, \u003ci\u003eGirl Comics\u003c\/i\u003e evolved from heart-stricken love stories to hair-raising girl-power thrill rides like \"The Death Plunge!,\" \"The House of Shadows!,\" \"I was a Murderer's Daughter!,\" \"They Called me a Spy!,\" \"The Dead Hands at the Controls,\" and \"The Dark Hallway.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume also features the story behind the stories, with editor Dr. Michael J. Vassallo's essays on Marvel publisher Martin Goodman's enthusiastic relationship with romance comics and magazines at a time when the artform was cementing itself into American youth culture!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53613046628625,"sku":"NGR9798875001079","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53664432914705,"sku":"NIN9798875001079","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798875001079.jpg?v=1780316216"},{"product_id":"atlas-comics-library-no-9-book-russ-heath-9798875001628","title":"The Atlas Comics Library No. 9","description":"In the unrestrained days before the Comics Code Authority censored the industry, these stories drawn by the cream of the Atlas crop -- Russ Heath, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Carmine Infantino, Mort Meskin, George Tuska, Bob Fujitani, Joe Sinnott, and Bernard Krigstein -- chilled readers to the bone: Irradiated, postapocalyptic monsters become \"The Walking Death!\" A frantic, tiny voice calls out from \"The Thing in the Bottle\"! Humanity faces intergalactic doomsday \"When a World Goes Mad!\" A cemetery robber tells how \"I Crawl Through Graves\"! Satan himself unveils \"The Pit of Horror,\" as only Bill Everett could envision it! This is the first of three volumes that will re-present this classic Atlas horror series in its entirety. 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The first title was?\u003ci\u003eSpy Cases\u003c\/i\u003e?(soon followed by?\u003ci\u003eSpy Fighters\u003c\/i\u003e?and?\u003ci\u003eKent Blake of the Secret Service\u003c\/i\u003e) and the contents were Cold War noir stories, as Doug Grant, Secret Agent, protected America's interests, fighting commies from behind the Iron Curtain. \u003cp\u003eLed by superlative action\/adventure artwork by Al Hartley (later Bill Savage) and supported by Atlas titans including Gene Colan, Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Jerry Robinson and Joe Maneely, America ferrets out sinister threats?in thrillers like: \"The Traitor!,\" \"Discs of Death,\" \"Frame-Up in Red,\" and \"The Case of the Missing B-29!\"?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll spy comics had healthy runs and by 1952, the Korean War made its?presence felt in every adventure title. Patriotic, but also subtler, darker and more sinister than the familiar costumed hero titles, the spy genre is a little-seen aspect of Marvel's deep history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53613291995409,"sku":"NGR9798875002359","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798875002359.jpg?v=1780317202"},{"product_id":"atlas-comics-library-no-6-book-stan-lee-9798875000577","title":"The Atlas Comics Library No. 6","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulp horror classics from the 1950s! Revenge, ghosts, locked rooms and killer ants, taken from early Marvel Comics series \u003ci\u003eMen's Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmazing Detective Cases\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The 1950s boom in horror comics saw Atlas Comics' entrée into the genre. Beginning in March 1952, \u003ci\u003eAmazing Detective Cases\u003c\/i\u003e began detailing cases where justice was served in supernatural fashion and beginning in May 1953, the adventures in \u003ci\u003eMen's Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003eAmong 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollecting \u003ci\u003eAmazing Detective Cases\u003c\/i\u003e #11-14 and \u003ci\u003eMen's Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e #21-26, \u003ci\u003eShiver As You Read!\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect companion to \u003ci\u003eAdventures Into Terror, Venus\u003c\/i\u003e, and the other titles of the Atlas Comics Library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53615186870545,"sku":"NGR9798875000577","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53664424198417,"sku":"NIN9798875000577","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798875000577.jpg?v=1780392666"},{"product_id":"atlas-comics-library-no-5-book-joe-maneely-9798875000058","title":"The Atlas Comics Library No. 5","description":"\u003cb\u003ePre-Code cops and robbers' action from the early 1950s! 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