Atlas Comics Returns

[samurainoir]

I know some of us here have a fondness for the seventies incarnation of Martin Goodman's company.

Blog@Newsarama Atlas returns to comics publishing

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I'm kinda surprised it took THIS long.

Don C.

[palitoy]

Kind of smart actually, the properties would be prime for movie rights.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I've had an odd interest in Atlas ever since I got a copy of Jeff Rovin's Encyclopedia of Super Heroes in the mid 80s. Depsite Atlas' short run, the book is chock full of info on the line. I later learned this was because Jeff Rovin was one of the main editors of the line.

Oddly enough, I've never owned an Atlas comic!

Chris

[Captain]

Interesting news.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

That pic has a weird "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" kind of vibe.

Don C.

[The Toyroom]

Sounds like it's a test run of only two titles right now.....

[The Toyroom]

I've had an odd interest in Atlas ever since I got a copy of Jeff Rovin's Encyclopedia of Super Heroes in the mid 80s. Depsite Atlas' short run, the book is chock full of info on the line. I later learned this was because Jeff Rovin was one of the main editors of the line.

Yeah the back story on Atlas is very interesting...I think one of the Twomorrows magazines did a nice job covering it....

[aquatroy]

The first two issues of Pheonix are really good. Not the usual spandex hero stuff. To bad everything after was so uninspired. I also have the first issue of Destructor. That was the usual spandex hero story, but you can't go wrong with Ditko & Wood!

[johnnystorm]

I liked The Grim Ghost series the first go round...about a reincarnated Highwayman. The Cougar was ok too, a stuntman that met & fought vampires & werewoves, based I guess loosely on The Night Stalker.

Didn't Rich Buckler transport his Atlas Demon Hunter whole cloth over into the Marvel Universe as Devil Slayer? Ditto Chaykin's Scorpion who became Dominic Fortune.

[ctc]

>the back story on Atlas is very interesting

They were Image before Image. Even came about in the same way, under similar circumstances. They just weren't as good at it:

The Atlas Archives: History

Funny thing; Atlas came about the first time the 70's happened.... Image in the 90's, which were the second 70's.... and nw that it's the 70's yet again someone's bringing back Atlas proper. Weird.

Don C.

[samurainoir]

It is kind of interesting how familial history plays into all of this. Martin Goodman sells his company, and his son Chip Goodman is ousted from Marvel by cousin Stan Lee. In turn Martin hires his other nephew Larry Lieber (Stan's brother) to edit Atlas titles.

Now the grandson of Martin is reviving Atlas.