atlas comics Archives

Snafu was a short-lived satirical comic book published by Atlas Comics, the company that would one day be called Marvel Comics. It included the first appearance of Irving Forbush, the alter ego of Forbush Man, credited as Snafu's founder and created by Stan Lee, which he would later reintroduce into a Marvel Comics proper parody, Not Brand Ecchh a[...]

The return of Atlas Comics topped the traffic on Bleeding Cool Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further fifteen years before[...]

Atlas Comics, the seventies comic book publisher set up by former Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman fifty years ago, kicked off its 50th-anniversary revival as part of Walmart's first-ever NYCC booth at this year's New York Comic Con A historical display showed the history of Atlas/Seaboard characters like The Grim Ghost, Phoenix, Devilina, Iron Jaw,[...]

Marvel's Jann Of The Jungle uncovers a Communist plot to steal uranium by drugging jungle animals in the debut of her own title in 1955.

A few months ago, we told you to start snapping up copies of Black Knight #1 from Atlas Comics Now, this is no easy task, as it is a tough book to get But when we told you that, Eternals has yet to be postponed by Marvel Studios That means you still have time before[...]

Ahh, Atlas Comics Mystery Tales have always eluded me in my collection; it seems whenever I come across them, I get priced out really quickly before I can consider which to get #52 has always been one of my favorite covers, the man running towards you and the mystery of the shadows in the sky,[...]

One such key, Black Knight #1 from Atlas Comics in 1955, is up for auction right now on Heritage Auctions This CGC 7.0 copy is an excellent example of the book and is currently at $2,900, with only four days left to bid That means you only have until July 9th to bid people Check[...]

This pre-code beauty from Atlas Comics — the same publisher that brought us Captain America — is one of the best covers from this era, but where can you find such a comic? During today's ComicConnect event auction, the impressively horrific Venus #19 could be yours! Venus #19 is truly iconic, showing Venus in distress as[...]

For 32 years, Atlas Comics has served comic fans in the Chicago, IL, northwest area Due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, Atlas Comics has been closed since March 20th and has only been allowed to resume curbside pickup at the time of this publication Atlas Comics is one of the rare comic shops that[...]

It would appear that Paramount Pictures is making strides towards their own full comic library options for films, as the studio just signed a first-look deal with Steven Paul's SP Media Group which is in the process of acquiring a majority stake in the full library of Atlas Comics. According to a report from Variety, this[...]

Chicago's Atlas Comics, founded in 1988 and a mainstay of the city, has sent out a press release announcing the celebration of their 30th Anniversary in the business The shop even survived a four-year stint as an online-only business after losing their lease in 2013. In the press release, owner John Strangeland described the atmosphere when[...]

Then it was known as Atlas Comics Then it was known as Marvel Comics. In 2010, the grandson of Martin Goodman, Jason Goodman announced a partnership with his company Nemesis Group Inc and comic publisher Ardden Entertainment to relaunch his father's Atlas Comics brand starting with two #0 issues featuring the Grim Ghost and Phoenix. With another character, Wulf[...]

A few folk have been after the Atlas Comics trademark it seems The second name of the company that would become Marvel Comics Marvel's founder Martin Goodman revived the name in 1974 after selling Marvel The line soon folded. And then in 2002, small press publisher Jeffrey Stevens registered the trademark and had it accepted In[...]