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Wild 2

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Title Profile

Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.

Published February 1954 – August 1954
Issue Numbers 1 – 5
Total Issues 5
Wild #2 (1954) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
March 1954
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Interstate Publishing Corp.
 
Cover Credits
Carl Burgos pencils and inks unsigned
 
Contributions
John Benson: Cover Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Wild #2 was published by Interstate Publishing Corp. in March 1954. It is part of the Wild series, which ran from February 1954 to August 1954.

Cover credits include Carl Burgos.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "Deep In The Heart Of Taxes." Indexed story credits include Joe Maneely and Carl Burgos, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.

Stories

Notes: Parody of professional wrestler George Raymond "Gorgeous George" Wagner (1915 - 1963).
Notes: A caption in panel 5 on page 3 reads, "Personal: Julius, come home, all is forgiven - Arthur", clearly an allusion to the on-camera firing of singer Julius LaRosa (b. 1930) by Arthur Godfrey (1903-1983) on 19 Oct 1953. In the panel, a comic artist named Marvin sings, "Hey Cumpari", an allusion to LaRosa's recording of Eh, Cumpari!, which went to #1 on the Cash Box magazine record charts in 1953.
Notes: Soviet leader Josef Stalin (1878-1953) appears in the splash.

Looking for the full run? Browse the Wild checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.