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Atlas Tales

Title Profile

Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.

Published February 1954 – August 1954
Issue Numbers 1 – 5
Total Issues 5
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Issue Information
Cover Date
February 1954
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Interstate Publishing Corp.
 
Cover Credits
Joe Maneely pencils and inks signed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Stories

Credits
Joe Maneely pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Parody of fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, who first appeared in the novel, The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers (1925); "Malilyn Munlo" appears, a parody of actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). In the splash, "Number One son" reads Crazy.
Credits
Ed Winiarski pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Parody of the short story Rip van Winkle by Washington Irving (1819). On page 2, a woman reads "Kinsey Report for Men," an allusion to Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy & Clyde Martin.
Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed Bill Everett letters attributed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Parody of the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886); "Marilyn Moneyrow," a parody of actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), and the Frankenstein monster from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1819) appear.
Credits
Carl Burgos pencils guess
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils attributed Carl Burgos inks guess
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Features "Admiral Boyd," a parody of arctic explorer Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957). On page 3, the Human Torch flies by and declaims, "This isn't Young Men comics?"
Credits
Al Hartley pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit