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Atlas Titles by Type: Crime
Atlas Titles by Type: Crime
Information from Atlas Tales [12] and other references. Some titles may be arguably
Timely at the earlier end, or Marvel at the later end. Note: In titles numbered from or into
the various All Winners Comics, additional clarifying information is supplied. List, in
progress, complete through M, inclusive.
[edit] Crime
All-True Crime #26-52 (Feb. 1948 - Sept. 1952; early issues Timely; continued
from Timely's Official True Crime)
Amazing Detective Cases #3-14 (Nov. 1950 - Sept. 1952; continued from n.a.)
Caught #1-5 (Aug. 1956 - April 1957)
Crime Can't Win #41-43, 4-12 (Sept. 1950 - Sept. 1952; continued from
Romance title Cindy Smith)
Crime Cases Comics #24-27, 5-12 (Aug. 1950 - July 1952; continued from
Timely's Willie Comics and Li'l Willie Comics)
Crime Exposed (2nd series, following Timely's) #1-14 (Dec. 1950 - June 1952)
Crime Fighters #11-13 (Sept. 1954 - Jan. 1955; continued from Timely's
Crimefighters)
Crime Must Lose! #4-12 (Oct. 1950 - April 1952; continued from n.a.)
Justice #7-9 (first three issues), then 4-52 (Fall 1947 - March 1955; early issues
Timely; continued from Timely title Wacky Duck); continued as
Kent Blake of the Secret Service #1-14 (May 1951 - July 1953)
[edit] Drama
Man Comics #1-10 (Dec. 1949 - Oct. 1951) continued as War title Man Comics
True Adventures #3 (May 1950; continued from Western title True Western);
continued as
Men's Adventures #4-8 (Aug. 1950 - June 1951); continued as War title
Men's Adventures
[edit] Espionage
Spy Cases #26-19 (Sept. 1950 - Oct. 1953; continued from Timely's superhero
title Kid Komics and humor titles Kid Movie Komics, Rusty Comics, Rusty and her
Family and The Kellys)
Spy Fighters #1-15 (Mar. 1951 - Jul. 1953)
Yellow Claw #1-4 (Oct. 1956 - April 1957; FBI agent Jimmy Woo as hero, versus
supervillain Yellow Claw)
[edit] Funny-animal and other children's comics
Note: These two series not supernatural, but Dennis the Menace-like
The Monkey and the Bear #1-3 (Sept. 1953 - Jan. 1954)
Wonder Duck #1-3 (Sept. 1949 - March 1950) continued as
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Hedy of Hollywood Comics #36-50 (Feb, 1950 - Sept. 1952; continued from
Timely's Young Allies #1-20, All Winners Comics #21, and Hedy De Vine Comics
#22-35)
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Patsy Walker #1-99 (Winter 1945 - Marvel Comics)
Patsy and Hedy #1-73 (Feb. 1952 -Dec. 1960)
Patsy and Her Pals #1-29 (May 1953 - Aug. 1957)
A Date with Patsy #1 (Sept. 1957)
Girls' Life (subtitled "Patsy Walker's Own Magazine for Girls") #1-6 (Jan.-Nov.
1954)
Hedy Wolfe (subtitled: "Patsy Walker's Rival"; not to be confused with Hedy of
Hollywood) #1 (Aug. 1957)
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[edit] Horror/fantasy/SF
Amazing Mysteries #32-35 (May 1949 - Jan. 1950; continued from n.a.; one
source lists Timely's Sub-Mariner Comics, which had an issue #32, and which
numbering reportedly continued with Best Romance)
Astonishing #3-63 (April 1951 - Aug. 1957; continued from Superhero title
Marvel Boy)
Journey into Mystery #1-82 (June 1952 - July 1962) series continued as Marvel
comic featuring "The Mighty Thor"
Journey into Unknown Worlds #36-59 (Sept. 1950 - Aug. 1957; continued from
Timely teen-humor series Teen Comics)
Marvel Tales #93-159 (Aug. 1949 - Aug. 1957; continued from Timely's
superhero title Marvel Mystery Comics)
Menace #1-11 (March 1953 - May 1954)
Men's Adventures #21-26 (May 1953 - March 1954; continued from War title
Men's Adventures) continued as Superhero title Men's Adventures
Mystery Tales #1-54 (March 1952 - August 1957)
Mystic #1-61 (March 1951 - August 1957)
Strange Stories of Suspense
Strange Tales
Strange Tales of the Unusual
Strange Worlds
Suspense
Tales of Suspense
Tales to Astonish
Uncanny Tales #1-56 (June 1952 - Sept. 1957)
World of Fantasy
[edit] Jungle
Jungle Action #1-6 (Oct. 1954 - Aug. 1955; vol. 2 published in 1970s)
Jungle Tales #1-7 (Sept. 1954 - Sept. 1955) continued as
Lorna, the Jungle Queen #1-5 (July 1953 - Feb. 1954) continued as
[edit] Romance
Cindy Smith #39-40 (May-July 1950; continued from Timely's Cindy Comics)
continued as Crime title Crime Can't Win)
Girl Confessions #13-34 (March 1952 - Aug. 1954; continued from Misc. title
Girl Comics)
Love Adventures #1-12 (Oct. 1949-Aug. 1952; early issues Timely) continued as
Love Romances #6-106 (May 1949 - July 1963; early issues Timely; continued
from Timely's Ideal
Love Tales #36-75 (May 1949 - Sept. 1957; early issues Timely; continued from
Timely's The Human Torch #1-35; see note at Hero, above)
Lovers #23-86 (May 1949 - Aug. 1957; early issues Timely; continued from
Timely's Blonde Phantom)
Meet Miss Bliss #1-4 (May 1955 - Nov. 1955) continued as
[edit] Sports
Sports Action #2-14 (Feb. 1950-Sept. 1952; continued from Timely's Sport
Stars)
[edit] Superheroes
[edit] War
Men's Adventures #9-20 (Aug. 1951 - April 1953; continued from Drama title
Men's Adventures) continued as Horror title Men's Adventures
War Combat #1-5 (March-Nov. 1952) continued as
[edit] Western
The Black Rider Rides Again! #1 (Sept. 1957) See also Black Rider, above
Frontier Western #1-10 (Feb. 1956 - August 1957)
The Gunhawk #12-18 (Nov. 1950 - Dec. 1951; continued from successive
Timely titles Blaze Carson, Rex Hart, and Whip Wilson)
Kid Colt, Hero of the West #1-2 (Aug.-Oct. 1948) continued as
True Western #1-2 (Dec. 1949 - March 1950) continued as Drama title True
Adventures
Western Thrillers #1-4 (Nov. 1954 - Feb. 1955) continued as
[edit] Misc.
Bible Tales for Young Folk #1-5 (Aug. 1953 - March 1954)
Girl Comics #1-12 (Oct. 1949 - Jan. 1952) continued as Romance title Girl
Confessions
Miss America #1-93 (Jan. 1944 - Nov. 1958; 126 issues with inconsistent volume
numbering) Note: Variously, and at times overlapping, a superhero, romance and
humor title.
Young Men #4-23 (June 1950 - Oct. 1953; continued from Timely's Cowboy
Romances; note: cover title is Young Men on the Battlefield! #12-20) continues
as Superhero title Young Men
Note: The romance title Linda Carter, Student Nurse #1-9 (Sept. 1961 - Jan. 1963),
sometimes grouped together with Atlas Comics, chronologically falls within Marvel, and
all covers have the "MC" box.