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Atlas Comics
Atlas Comics may refer to: * Atlas Comics (1950s), one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics * Atlas/Seaboard Comics Atlas/Seaboard Comics is a line of comic books published by the American company Seaboard Periodicals in the 1970s. Though the line was published under the brand Atlas Comics, comic book historians and collectors refer to it as Atlas/Seaboard Com ..., founded by Timely/Atlas (1950s)/Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as Atlas/Seaboard Comics See also * Atlas (other)#Arts, entertainment, and media {{Set index, comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas Comics (1950s)
Atlas Comics was the 1950s comic book, comic-book publishing label that evolved into Marvel Comics. Magazine and mass market paperback, paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman, whose business strategy involved having a multitude of corporate entities, used Atlas as the umbrella name for his comic-book division during this time. Atlas evolved out of Goodman's 1940s comic-book division, Timely Comics, and was located on the 14th floor of the Empire State Building. This company is distinct from the 1970s comic-book company, also founded by Goodman, that is known as Atlas/Seaboard Comics. History After the Golden Age Atlas Comics was the successor of Timely Comics, the company that magazine and mass market paperback, paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman founded in 1939, and which had reached the peak of its popularity during the war years with its star characters the Human Torch (Golden Age), Human Torch, the Namor the Sub-Mariner, Sub-Mariner and Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas/Seaboard Comics
Atlas/Seaboard Comics is a line of comic books published by the American company Seaboard Periodicals in the 1970s. Though the line was published under the brand Atlas Comics, comic book historians and collectors refer to it as Atlas/Seaboard Comics to differentiate it from the 1950s Atlas Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics. Seaboard was located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. History Company creation Marvel Comics founder and Magazine Management publisher Martin Goodman left Marvel in 1972, having sold the company in 1968. He created Seaboard Periodicals, which opened its office on June 24, 1974, to compete in a field then dominated by Marvel and DC Comics. Goodman hired Warren Publishing veteran Jeff Rovin to edit the color comic-book line, and writer-artist Larry Lieber, brother of Marvel editor-in-chief Stan Lee, as editor of Atlas' black-and-white comics magazines. Rovin said in 1987 he became involved after answering an ad in ''The New York Times'': ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas (other)
An atlas is a collection of maps. Atlas may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Atlas (DC Comics), several fictional characters * Atlas (''Teen Titans'') * Atlas, an ''Astro Boy'' (1980) character * Atlas (''BioShock'') * Atlas, a BattleMech in the ''BattleTech'' universe * Atlas, an antagonist in ''Mega Man ZX Advent'' * Atlas, a ''Portal 2'' character * Atlas, a '' PS238'' character * Erik Josten, a.k.a. Atlas, a Marvel Comics supervillain * The Atlas, a strong driving force from ''No Man's Sky'' Literature * ''Atlas'', a photography book by Gerhard Richter * ''The Atlas'' (novel), by William T. Vollmann * ''Atlas'' (magazine) * ''The Atlas'' (newspaper), published in England from 1826 to 1869 Music Bands * Atlas (band), a New Zealand rock band Albums * ''Atlas'' (Kinky album) * ''Atlas'' (Laurel Halo album) * ''Atlas'' (Parkway Drive album) * ''Atlas'' (Real Estate album) * ''Atlas'' (RÜFÜS album) * ''Atlas'' (The Score album) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |