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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 * Seaboard Periodicals Atlas/Seaboard is the term comic book historians and collectors use to refer to the 1970s line of comics published as Atlas Comics by the United States, American company Seaboard Periodicals, to differentiate from the 1950s' Atlas Comics (1950s), ..., 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 article, comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas Comics (1950s)
Atlas Comics is the 1950s comic-book publishing label that evolved into Marvel Comics. Magazine and paperback novel 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 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, the Sub-Mariner and Captain America. The early to mid-1950s found comic books falling out of fashion due to competition from television and other media. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaboard Periodicals
Atlas/Seaboard is the term comic book historians and collectors use to refer to the 1970s line of comics published as Atlas Comics by the American company Seaboard Periodicals, to differentiate 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'': Lieber later became editor of the color comics following Rovin's departure. St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas (other)
An atlas is a collection of maps. Atlas may also refer to: Mythology * Atlas (mythology), an Ancient Greek Titanic deity * Atlas, the first legendary king of Atlantis * Atlas of Mauretania, a legendary king Places United States * Atlas, California * Atlas, Illinois * Atlas, Texas * Atlas, West Virginia * Atlas, Wisconsin * Atlas District, in Washington, D.C. * Atlas Peak AVA, a California wine region * Atlas Township, Michigan Other places * Atlas Cinema, a historic movie theatre in Istanbul, Turkey * Atlas Mountains, a set of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa * Atlas, Nilüfer, a village in Bursa Province, Turkey People with the name * Atlas (given name) * Atlas (graffiti artist) * Atlas DaBone, American wrestler and football player * Charles Atlas (1892–1972), Italian-American bodybuilder * Charles Atlas (artist) * David Atlas (born 1924), American meteorologist * James Atlas (1949-2019), American writer, editor and publisher * Meir Atlas (1848–1926), Lithua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |