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Wild 1
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
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
Issue Overview
Wild #1 was published by Interstate Publishing Corp. in February 1954. It is part of the Wild series, which ran from February 1954 to August 1954.
Cover credits include Joe Maneely.
Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "Charley Chin Meets Sleek Wily." Indexed story credits include Joe Maneely and Ed Winiarski, among others.
Stories
Charley Chin Meets Sleek Wily
Credits
Joe Maneely pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
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.
Rip Van Stinkle Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy & Clyde Martin.
Credits
Ed Winiarski pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
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.
Dr Jackal and Mr Hide
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
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.
Don Chaotic
Credits
Carl Burgos pencils guess
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Frozen North
Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils attributed
Carl Burgos inks guess
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
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?"
Captain O U Kidd
Credits
Al Hartley pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Frank Wilmot: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Looking for the full run? Browse the Wild checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.