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[jimjum12]

Gene Colan is just SO under rated..... everyone knows about his Daredevil and TOD stuff.... so under rated may not really be an accurate assessment.... but his Atlas output is so versatile. An artist who got much work from Atlas in the 50's HAD to be. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

 

 

 

[jimjum12]

John Severin .... GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

 

[jimjum12]

Anderson .... GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

[jimjum12]

Maneely was so clever. GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

[Johnny545]

Maneely, Maneely, Maneely! Thanks for posting these great Atlas war books Jimbo!

[Johnny545]

Going to post a nice Mystic 28 here shortly - a really great (hugely underrated/forgotten) Maneely cover!

[RICK STARR]

Fantastic stuff, Jimbo. The quality of the artwork, in these issues,

by those great artists can rival anything out there, as far as I am concerned.

 

 

 

[jimjum12]

Many of them seem to be seriously inspired by the war genre. Don Heck did some of his absolute best work in these kind of books. GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[RICK STARR]

Thought I'd post a few ST's that aren't seen a lot.

 

 

 

Russ Heath cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the last precode issue that I acquired for my collection. Hard to find, IMO. Harry Anderson cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Flex Mentallo]

Very nice Rick! Keep 'em coming please!

[Flex Mentallo]

Many of them seem to be seriously inspired by the war genre. Don Heck did some of his absolute best work in these kind of books. GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

Don Heck is also vastly underrated.

[RICK STARR]

Here are a few more ST's

Half these issues and the ones I previously showed, were from the same collection purchased at my first Chicago Con in the early 90's. Beautiful white fresh pages, I haven't looked a these books in years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another very difficult issue to find in any grade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Johnny545]

All great! The ST 33 is a beauty (pre-code too). Love the 49 also. I have found 49 is one of the more difficult between 40-70 to find in a decent grade.

 

41 is a great post code Maneely cover.

 

A nice River City 41 sold in the forums a few weeks back.

 

Great books Rick!

 

 

[Johnny545]

Thought I'd post a few ST's that aren't seen a lot.

 

 

 

Russ Heath cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the last precode issue that I acquired for my collection. Hard to find, IMO. Harry Anderson cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't know how I missed these - great books all of them. The 19 is a difficult one to be sure.

 

Thanks for posting.

 

Does anyone you know if the print run dropped post-code, the post code books particularly 35-70 or so seem to be much more difficult to find it seems to me there were fewer of them this seems to carry over to JIM and MT as well...any thoughts Atlas gurus?

Edited September 26, 2013 by Johnny545

[Johnny545]

My copy of No. 32 - love this cover, no surprise they chose it for the reprints:

 

[Johnny545]

Rick is the ST19 a pedigree?

 

That is one of the best looking copies I have seen. A beauty!

[adamstrange]

Does anyone you know if the print run dropped post-code, the post code books particularly 35-70 or so seem to be much more difficult to find it seems to me there were fewer of them this seems to carry over to JIM and MT as well...any thoughts Atlas gurus?

The number of comic companies, titles and copies peaked in 1952 and went down from there. Television and the Code are the two likely culprits. I have not heard specific numbers for Atlas but it would seem likely they were also similarly affected.

[adamstrange]

Super-impressive run of Strange Tales!!!

[RICK STARR]

Rick is the ST19 a pedigree?

 

That is one of the best looking copies I have seen. A beauty!

 

 

 

No it is not. It is a nice tight, crisp copy in the 7.0-7.5 range.

 

[Scrooge]

Can't recall if someone already pointed this out (heck, it might have been me a looooong time ago) but I am struck by the similarities of these two covers. If a swipe / source of inspiration, Heath turned the intensity up in his rendition -