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There's no other way to say it:  Atomic Comics is a weird title from a weird publisher.  The short-lived series from Green Publishing Co is perhaps best-remembered for the fact that the cover of issue #1 is a swipe of Creig Flessel's memorable cover of Detective Comics #8.  The publisher's output is largely an eclectic[...]

Chris VB, out new Arizona Correspondent, writes for Bleeding Cool; The first time I visited an Atomic Comics store, I was convinced that I had found heaven on Earth You see, my parents had very recently split and my mom and I moved cross-country to start our lives over and I dove into comics to cope[...]

All four branches of Atomic Comics of Arizona closed down in August. And now the chain is to be stripped for parts. On Tuesday the 3rd of January, at 10am, the contents of Atomic Comics will be sold as part of bankrupty proceedings Here's the kind of material that will be available to bid on.   [...]

 Are there retail, publishing, and creator doctors in the house? Most-Read Comic Stories Today: That Meta Textual Finale To Bryan Q Miller's Batgirl – SPOILERS ***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS*** Atomic Comics Was Closed Down By A Sixteen Year Old Girl In a letter by Mike Malve, owner of the Atomic Comics chain in Phonenix, Arizona, talks about the reasons for the bankruptcy of[...]

  In a letter by Mike Malve, owner of the Atomic Comics chain in Phonenix, Arizona, talks about the reasons for the bankruptcy of the business and the foreclosure of his family home Too high rents, a falling economy, but Mike points to one moment in 2006 as the catalyst for the company's problems, "when a[...]