Atlas Comics
Atlas Comics — It is associated with United States. The record gives 1951 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1957. Its recorded founders are Martin Goodman. Its recorded seat is New York City. The recorded field of activity is publishing. Recorded products are comic book. The heading is also recorded as Atlas Magazines, Inc. Atlas Comics is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q2869434. It is also recorded that atlas Comics is recorded from 1951. It is also recorded that atlas Comics is associated with United States.
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Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself.
Atlas Comics is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q2869434. Institutional cataloguing adds that atlas Comics is recorded from 1951. Institutional cataloguing adds that atlas Comics is associated with United States.
Collections and holdings
Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.
Wellcome Collection records 11 objects associated with this heading. It is also recorded that [Atlas] Weird Suspense #1-3 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that [Atlas] The Cougar #1-2 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that [Atlas] Wulf The Barbarian #1-4 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
[Atlas] The Grim Ghost #1-3 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The same evidence establishes that [Atlas] The Scorpion #1-3 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that [Atlas] Tiger Man #1-3 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that [Atlas] Police Action #1-3 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
[Atlas] Morlock 2001 #1-3 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that [Atlas] Planet of Vampires #1-3 (Complete) (1974) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. [Atlas] Phoenix #1-4 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that [Atlas] Western Action #1 (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
[Atlas] Savage Combat Tales #1-3 (Complete) (1975) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Publications and programmes
Catalogued output is recorded as follows.
United States. Institutional cataloguing adds that wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. It is also recorded that the wolf-cowled head-hunters of Amun-Rak / Michael Fleischer, writer ; Pablo Marcos, art. is dated 1975 and held by Wellcome Collection. Institutional cataloguing adds that daredevil. Vol. 1, no. 127, You killed that man, Torpedo.. and now you're going to pay! / Marv Wolfman, writer ; Bob Brown & Klaus Janson, artists. is dated 1975 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Tarzan. Vol. 1, no. 1, Tarzan, lord of the jungle / Roy Thomas, writer ; John Buscema, illustrator. is dated 1977 and held by Wellcome Collection. John Carter, warlord of Mars. Vol. 1, no. 3, Requiem for a warlord! / Marv Wolfman, writer ; Gil Kane and Rudy Nebres, artists. is dated 1977 and held by Wellcome Collection. It is also recorded that thor. Vol. 1, no. 135, The maddening menace of the Super-Beast! / Stan Lee, Jack Kirby ; delineation by Vincent Colletta. is dated 1966 and held by Wellcome Collection. It is also recorded that sub-Mariner. Vol. 1, no. 54, Comes now... the dragon! / Bill Everett. is dated 1972 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Sub-Mariner. Vol. 1, no. 41, Whom the sky would destroy! / Gerry Conway, writer ; George Tuska, artist ; Sam Grainger, inker. is dated 1971 and held by Wellcome Collection. Institutional cataloguing adds that we're still here : an all-trans comics anthology / edited by Tara Madison Avery and Jeanne Thornton. is dated [2018] and held by Wellcome Collection.
Sources and evidence
This entry is compiled from 10 catalogued sources across 6 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikipedia, Internet Archive, Wellcome Collection, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap Foundation. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
In detail
It is associated with United States. The record gives 1951 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1957.
Its recorded founders are Martin Goodman. Its recorded seat is New York City. The recorded field of activity is publishing. Recorded products are comic book.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Comics as Research, Comics for Impact: The Case of Higher Fees, Higher Debts, The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Comics Is as Comics Does, Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels, 2025
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Atlas Comics, Rio Hill Center, Rio, Albemarle County, Virginia, 22906, United States
Institutional database · Scholarly
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Origins of Early Comics and Proto-Comics, The Routledge Companion to Comics, 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Presenting at The First USW Cardiff: Comics Symposium- Creating Comics, Creative Comics, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Refugee Comics and Activism as Comics Work, Comics, Activism, Feminisms, 2024
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Internet Archive, 14 digitised items catalogued under Atlas Comics as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 11 works naming Atlas Comics.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 9.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q2869434: Atlas Comics
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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