Show Us Your Atlas Books - Have A Cigar 26 26

[buttock]

On 3/21/2024 at 1:53 PM, adamstrange said:

Northford

 

[HemiGTX]

On 3/21/2024 at 10:09 PM, fifties said:

I gots one of them.

Sheet, join the Party.....

[HemiGTX]

On 3/21/2024 at 10:36 PM, buttock said:

 

What's going on??? I thought I was the only one, and had the market cornered. 

[Jayman]

[buttock]

On 3/21/2024 at 9:41 PM, HemiGTX said:

What's going on??? I thought I was the only one, and had the market cornered. 

Apparently they grow on trees.  

[MrBedrock]

On 3/22/2024 at 9:25 AM, buttock said:

Apparently they grow on trees.  

Mine was vine ripened.

[Jayman]

One of the top 5 classic Atlas PCH covers IMHO. Anyone have a top 5 opinion?

[buttock]

On 3/23/2024 at 10:02 AM, Jayman said:

One of the top 5 classic Atlas PCH covers IMHO. Anyone have a top 5 opinion?

 

That's an impossible ask.  

[Dr. Love]

 

[buttock]

Ok, we've all seen our AIWW 13s, how about 17?  That's been among the toughest issues to find in decent shape for me.  

[adamstrange]

On 3/24/2024 at 5:15 PM, buttock said:

Ok, we've all seen our AIWW 13s, how about 17?  That's been among the toughest issues to find in decent shape for me.  

 

[Jayman]

On 3/23/2024 at 2:49 PM, buttock said:

That's an impossible ask.  

Yes I agree but I thought it would be a fun task. So I will preface this by saying these are my “current” top five. My choices are based on color, composition and subject matter.

5. Mystery Tales #14

Everett does a fantastic detailed job on this Gypsy woman with her intricate clothing and wrinkled face. The man’s a bit more cartoonish but has that pure expression of fear as the skeletons break loose to attack!

4. Menace #11

Harry Anderson creates a tense and fearful unique perspective with this closeup cover. That guy’s neck or back is clearly snapped as the door is simultaneously being locked. Talk about multitasking!

3. Spellbound #17

Bill Everett again does a stunning rendition of a girl returning? to the grave. The stark blacks and whites make this cover pop. The chorus of skeletons in the background add to the eeriness. Another boardie once mentioned the large size of Everett’s sig on this one, signed large as if he was very proud of it.

2. Spellbound #14

Another Everett and another Spellbound, but this crazy cover is firing on all cylinders! First, the colors are just fantastic. The layout works nicely by drawing your eye in a zig-zag from background to foreground and vice verse. And then there’s Mr. Smiley with the ascot!

1. Venus #19

Maybe no surprise here but this cover hits it all with the ghostly trio, damsel in distress and a mask wearing skeleton! Beautifully composed and a classic!

Edited March 25 by Jayman

[buttock]

On 3/24/2024 at 5:24 PM, Jayman said:

Yes I agree but I thought it would be a fun task. So I will preface this by saying these are my “current” top five. My choices are based on color, composition and subject matter.

5. Mystery Tales #14

Everett does a fantastic detailed job on this Gypsy woman with her intricate clothing and wrinkled face. The man’s a bit more cartoonish but has that pure expression of fear as the skeletons break loose to attack!

4. Menace #11

Harry Anderson creates a tense and fearful unique perspective with this closeup cover. That guy’s neck or back is clearly snapped as the door is simultaneously being locked. Talk about multitasking!

3. Spellbound #17

Bill Everett again does a stunning rendition of a girl returning? to the grave. The stark blacks and whites make this cover pop. The chorus of skeletons in the background add to the eeriness. Another boarded once mentioned the large size of Everett’s sig on this one, signed large as if he was very proud of it.

2. Spellbound #14

Another Everett and another Spellbound, but this crazy cover is firing on all cylinders! First, the colors are just fantastic. The layout works nicely by drawing your eye in a zig-zag from background to foreground and vice verse. And then there’s Mr. Smiley with the ascot!

1. Venus #19

Maybe no surprise here but this cover hits it all with the ghostly trio, damsel in distress and a mask wearing skeleton! Beautifully composed and a classic!

I went through a bunch of the titles on atlastales, and I can maybe narrow it down to 20-25.  I feel like Spellbound 20 is the only one I can definitively put as a top 5 for me.  But there's just too many to choose from.  

BTW, these are all 

[Kevin.J]

Cant really argue against any of the above, but I have always loved these two.

[goldust40]

On 3/24/2024 at 11:24 PM, Jayman said:

Yes I agree but I thought it would be a fun task. So I will preface this by saying these are my “current” top five. My choices are based on color, composition and subject matter.

5. Mystery Tales #14

Everett does a fantastic detailed job on this Gypsy woman with her intricate clothing and wrinkled face. The man’s a bit more cartoonish but has that pure expression of fear as the skeletons break loose to attack!

4. Menace #11

Harry Anderson creates a tense and fearful unique perspective with this closeup cover. That guy’s neck or back is clearly snapped as the door is simultaneously being locked. Talk about multitasking!

3. Spellbound #17

Bill Everett again does a stunning rendition of a girl returning? to the grave. The stark blacks and whites make this cover pop. The chorus of skeletons in the background add to the eeriness. Another boarded once mentioned the large size of Everett’s sig on this one, signed large as if he was very proud of it.

2. Spellbound #14

Another Everett and another Spellbound, but this crazy cover is firing on all cylinders! First, the colors are just fantastic. The layout works nicely by drawing your eye in a zig-zag from background to foreground and vice verse. And then there’s Mr. Smiley with the ascot!

1. Venus #19

Maybe no surprise here but this cover hits it all with the ghostly trio, damsel in distress and a mask wearing skeleton! Beautifully composed and a classic!

Great choices. As an Atlas completist I'd say it's more than hard to pick five with so many great covers, but at least three of those would be hard for me to leave out.

Other candidates for me would be Mystery Tales 19, Astonishing 12, Strange Tales 28, Adventures into Weird Worlds 16, Menace 1 & 5, Venus 18, Marvel Tales 93, 95 and 130.

Edited March 25 by goldust40

[fifties]

Lessee, Atlas, Atlas, 

Hell, I can't even get out of the "A"s with only 5 choices.

 

[Robot Man]

An impossible task. Every time I pick 5, another one pops up I forgot about…

[Mr.Fantastic]

On 3/24/2024 at 6:24 PM, Jayman said:

Yes I agree but I thought it would be a fun task. So I will preface this by saying these are my “current” top five. My choices are based on color, composition and subject matter.

5. Mystery Tales #14

Everett does a fantastic detailed job on this Gypsy woman with her intricate clothing and wrinkled face. The man’s a bit more cartoonish but has that pure expression of fear as the skeletons break loose to attack!

4. Menace #11

Harry Anderson creates a tense and fearful unique perspective with this closeup cover. That guy’s neck or back is clearly snapped as the door is simultaneously being locked. Talk about multitasking!

3. Spellbound #17

Bill Everett again does a stunning rendition of a girl returning? to the grave. The stark blacks and whites make this cover pop. The chorus of skeletons in the background add to the eeriness. Another boardie once mentioned the large size of Everett’s sig on this one, signed large as if he was very proud of it.

2. Spellbound #14

Another Everett and another Spellbound, but this crazy cover is firing on all cylinders! First, the colors are just fantastic. The layout works nicely by drawing your eye in a zig-zag from background to foreground and vice verse. And then there’s Mr. Smiley with the ascot!

1. Venus #19

Maybe no surprise here but this cover hits it all with the ghostly trio, damsel in distress and a mask wearing skeleton! Beautifully composed and a classic!

I'll play along and drop a few of my favorites (at least this week).

 

 

[MrBedrock]

[vaultkeeper]