Atlas Comics Library HC (2023 Fantagraphics) comic books published within the past 6 months
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Published Sep 2025 by Fantagraphics.$34.95
$34.95
Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Girl Comics!" Collects Girl Comics (1949-1952) #1-12. Written by John Buscema, Bill Everett, Carl Wessler, Michael Dean, and Russ Heath. Art by Pete Tumlinson, George Klein, Al Hartley, Jerry Fasano, Bill Williams, John Buscema, Mike Sekowsky, Christopher Rule, Gene Colan, Hy Rosen, Joe Kubert, Sam Cooper, Bob Brown, Joe Maneely, Chu Hing, Syd Shore, Mike Becker, Marion Sitton, Bill Everett, Werner Roth, Joan, Bill Wash, Vern Henkel, Russ Heath, Bill LaCava, Carl Burgos, Mike Esposito, Ken Rice, Ann Brewster, John Tartagilone, Sol Brodsky, Allen Bellman, Dick Rockwell, Warren Broderick, Nina Albright, Cal Massey, Chic Stone, Morris Weiss, Frank R. Sieminski, Dan LoPrieno, Bill Savage, and Bernard Krigstein. Cover by Russ Heath, Pete Tumlinson, George Klein, Bill LaCava, Mike Esposito, and Al Hartley. Back Cover by Al Hartley. Introduction by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo. This new volume in Fantagraphics' and Marvels collaborative Atlas Library presents Girl Comics #1-12, a long unseen subversion of romance comics beautifully designed for a new generation of readers! In 1950, Timely/Atlas/Marvel took a typical romance title called Girl Comics and turned it into a sister companion to its successful men's-adventure comics: an empowering girls-adventure comic! Mystery, adventure and suspense was promised and delivered! At the hands of a stellar artistic line-up, including John Buscema, Mike Sekowsky, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath, and Bernard Krigstein, Girl Comics evolved from heart-stricken love stories to hair-raising girl-power thrill rides like The Death Plunge!, The House of Shadows!, I was a Murderers Daughter!, They Called me a Spy!, The Dead Hands at the Controls, and The Dark Hallway. This volume also features the story behind the stories, with editor Dr. Michael J. Vassallo's essays on Marvel publisher Martin Goodman's enthusiastic relationship with romance comics and magazines at a time when the artform was cementing itself into American youth culture! Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 336 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.
