Humongous Atlas Comics Summer Fun!

Back in the Summer of '75....
....some strange new comics appeared on the racks, and were gone again in a flash.

Here's some summer fun!


BARBARIANS #1


Please see below for my all time favourite Atlas comics panel!



THE BRUTE #2


THE BRUTE #3


SON OF DRACULA #1








DESTRUCTOR #1




DESTRUCTOR #2


DESTRUCTOR #3


PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES #3

Oh let's not forget this 2-page ad for the never seen issue 4!




BLAZING BATTLE TALES #1


SAVAGE COMBAT TALES #1



SAVAGE COMBAT TALES #2



WESTERN ACTION #1



TARANTULA #1





TARANTULA #2





TARANTULA #3



TARGITT #1



Morlock 2001 #1



Morlock 2001 #3



POLICE ACTION #1



HANDS OF THE DRAGON #1



Scorpion #1



The Vanguard



Tales Of Evil #1



Tales Of Evil #2



Tigerman #1


Atlas also had a short-lived magazine line that attempted to emulate the Marvel & Warren lines that dominated the marketplace in the mid-70's. As with their comic line, the results were uneven to say the least.

However, (and we are very interested in howevers, exceptions and odd-men-out here at datajunkie H.Q.) there were diamonds in among the drek.



Weird Tales Of The Macabre #1

Case in point - Thrilling Adventure #2. Killer art by Russ Heath, Walt Simonson and probably the best story Atlas published, "A Job Well Done", were included in this ish.


"A Job Well Done"


I'm pretty sure this issue of Seaboard (Atlas) Comics' short-lived horror title contains one of the best horror stories to appear in comics..... EVER!



It's the touching tale of a small lonely boy who.... well, read it yourself.


There's also some other nice stories and art, especially Pat Boyette, but this is just AMAZING stuff by John Severin.

Weird Tales Of The Macabre #2! another CLASSIC monster-thon Halloween-type book. Mwah-hah-hah!

PS. That "Glow in the Dark" Monster kit ad is really there right before the story in the actual magazine folks..... i bet someone had a laugh about that in the Atlas office....(probably Jeff Rovin and Steve Mitchell, i would guess...)

Here's your handy-dandy ATLAS COMICS Checklist!

The Barbarians #1 [June 75]
Blazing Battle Tales #1 [July 75]
The Brute #1 - #3 [Feb 75 - July 75]
The Cougar #1 - #2 [April 75 - July 75]
Demon Hunter #1 [Sept 75]
Destructor #1 - #4 [Feb 75 - August 75]
Fright #1 [June 75]
Grim Ghost #1 - #3 [Jan 75 - July 75]
Hands of the Dragon #1 [June 75]
Ironjaw #1 - #4 [Jan 75 - July 75]
Moorlock 2001 #1 -#3 [Feb 75 - July 75]
Pheonix #1 - #4 [Jan 75 - Oct 75]
Planet Of Vampires #1 - #3 [Feb 75 - July 75]
Police Action #1 - #3 [Feb 75 - June 75]
Savage Combat Tales #1 - #3 [Feb 75 - July 75]
Scorpion #1 - #3 [Feb 75 - July 75]
Tales of Evil #1 - #3 [Feb 75 - July 75]
Targitt #1 - #3 [Mar 75 - July 75]
Tiger Man #1 - #3 [April 75 - Sept 75]
Vicki #1 - #2 [Feb 75 - April 75]
Weird Suspense #1 - #3 [Jan 75 - July 75]
Western Action #1 [Feb 75]
Wulf the Barbarian #1 - #4 [Feb 75 - Sept 75]

SEABOARD MAGAZINES -

Devilina #1 - #2 [Jan 75 - May 75]
Gothic Romances #1 [Dec 74]
Movie Monsters #1 - #4 [Dec 74 - Aug 75]
Weird Tales of the Macabre #1 - #2 [Jan 75 - Mar 75]

Additional information and images from previous datajunkie posts on this topic can be found here, here, here, here, here, and here.

I'm pooped, but I think we're done with Atlas (for the moment).