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[rjpb]

Another fine example of an Atlas post-code cover that is scarier than most DC pre-code covers.

[Scrooge]

RJ, you ought to sit down and look at the Atlas war covers around 1954 - 1955. There are plenty of hidden gems in those runs, especially the Heath covers.

 

That Battle is striking not only for the high impact from Heath but also as AT mentioned the color palette used. Moreover, the 4 stories inside the book are solid. We start with a nice Maneely R.O.K. story (Republic of Korea), followed by the best job I have so far seen from Sale then a bio of Alexander the Great by C.H. Winter (who was / is unknown to me but his style fits the topic very well) and the book ends with a recap of the cruelty of the German Blitzkrieg by Tuska. Can't ask for much more than such a line-up. Here's a particularly well interpreted page by Sale. The story is about the Argonne battle, first solo offensive by the US troops in WWI -

 

 

AT - Thanks for posting your copy of AiWW # 3. I bought mine in August and have yet to read it despite AS mentioning that it's a great issue. Methinks this will be my reading for tomorrow

[AtlasT]

How about some terrible pre-Code books?

 

[AtlasT]

[AtlasT]

And speaking of "Adventures Into Terror," can you imagine subscribing to this:

 

 

and having this turn up in the mail?

 

 

Talk about "New direction!"

[Jayman]

 

Nice seeing these books in big scans.

Never noticed the skeletal structure in the bat shadow, very cool!

[AtlasT]

A superb cover by Russ Heath:

 

[Scrooge]

AtlasT - yer killing us with these copies

 

I'll raise you another Heath cover in my grade range - You can almost feel the heat on this one - Contains the story The Beast at Bay which is a continuation from a story in Battle 17 which recounts the "story" of Hitler - fairly unusual to have continued stories across issues - Yeah, I know I am on a Atlas War Heath cover kick -

 

[AtlasT]

Great colors on that Battle 18, and another flame thrower cover, too! I'm not too deep in the Atlas war books, but I'll see if I can pull some nice ones on my next foray into the collection. Meanwhile, here's another Terror, with a pretty nice Everett cover (I'm uncertain whether the book was miscut at the top edge, or just badly curated

 

 

"Curated" is an anagram of "turd ace"; significant?

[Scrooge]

"Curated" is an anagram of "turd ace"; significant?

 

Or "act rude" which is probably better than "eat crud" which might come from an "ear duct." Ahhh the joy of the Internet ... End of

[AtlasT]

[adamstrange]

Another nifty cover.

 

I always look forward to your posts

[Jayman]

Just came in the mail today!

 

[AtlasT]

Nice Strange Tales 15! As I recall, that issue is full of fine art, not to mention an excellent Everett cover with killer color! Was that an eBay acquisition?

 

Here come some seldom seen Spellbounds:

 

[Silver Surfer]

Atlas are there any books from the 50's that you do not own? Your collection is most impressive.

[AtlasT]

Thank you, SS. Yes, there are tons of 1950s books I don't own; I just don't post scans of those.

 

[Scrooge]

Great Copy Jayman. I always love the "He walked through walls" vignettes like the one at the bottom left. There's a great Everett cover with a woman walking through a prison cell wall that's on my want list. It's post-code but a darling of a cover.

 

Here's Spy Thrillers # 4 - Starring Rick Davis, the man who dares to cut holes in the Iron Curtain - Gotta love those captions

 

[Scrooge]

Here's from that Spy Thrillers # 4, the splash to The Tiger's Claws -

 

[AtlasT]

Here's a Heath cover for you, Scrooge. I know it's not a war book, but I'll get to them soon.

 

[AtlasT]