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Post by mh on Nov 5, 2013 14:04:40 GMT -6
i was going thru a box of old comics that are mostly stuff people gave me that they picked up are yard sales (hey, do you want theses?) or somesuch over the last decade. and lo & behold i found an atlas comic of the grim ghost #3!!
(cover by russ heath!)
i was pretty excited. of the atlas character's i haven't seen first hand, he seems to be the one that i'd like the most. his backstory seemed similar to 'the spector' or 'the demon' & i loves the spooky stuff. i believe the entire 3 issue run of GG is rendered by the team of tony isabella and ernie colón. in this issue "brimstone" is trying to overthrow satan, and if you think that sounds like a good idea, think again! the 'ghost' ain't having it. anyway, i immediately got ernie colon mixed up with gene colan & though, wtf is going on here! i guess colón's work has an odd creepiness to it, but in this issue anyway there seemed to be an extreme lack of detail that i found off putting. it sort of bugged me -- and i hated those 2 thugs !!
i guess the comic had more in common with marvel's 'the son of satan' than it did with deadman or the spectre.
but anyway, here's grim ghost #3 for your enjoyment!
diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2010/12/random-reads-he-isthe-grim-ghost-by.html
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Post by Babu Baboon on Nov 5, 2013 17:13:53 GMT -6
The art style on those two bad guys reminds me of the Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoons.
Hey, didn't DC also change the Gay Ghost's name to the Grim Ghost?
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Post by mh on Nov 5, 2013 23:31:08 GMT -6
ace & gary? omg, you nailed it!!! why didn't i see that? like them, but less hygienic.Hey, didn't DC also change the Gay Ghost's name to the Grim Ghost? 
yes they did! i believe that was in the later 70's, a couple years after the atlas character. but during crisis he was somehow in 'limbo' with merryman, ace the bat-hound and some others. but superman couldn't talk him into leaving limbo to help him. which proves he wasn't gay! what gay man could say no to superman? i ask you?
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Post by Doc Quantum on Nov 6, 2013 14:02:14 GMT -6
Did any of you check out the recent Atlas Comics revival? I've only seen some scans, but there was a Grim Ghost comic based on the Atlas-Seaboard series discussed above, and probably others. I think it was about two years ago or so. They had a website -- atlas-comics.com -- which is now down, so I think it went out of business almost as quickly as the original Atlas.  |
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Post by Babu Baboon on Nov 6, 2013 15:27:06 GMT -6
I like where it said the Gay Ghost's strange adventure was "the queerest in all history."
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Post by Babu Baboon on Nov 6, 2013 15:31:22 GMT -6
Did any of you check out the recent Atlas Comics revival? I've only seen some scans, but there was a Grim Ghost comic based on the Atlas-Seaboard series discussed above, and probably others. I think it was about two years ago or so. They had a website -- atlas-comics.com -- which is now down, so I think it went out of business almost as quickly as the original Atlas. It's a shame it didn't make it. It would have been cool to see them have a successful revival. I suppose it would be near impossible for any new imprint to succeed in today's market. |
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Post by Doc Quantum on Nov 6, 2013 16:42:34 GMT -6
Based on the ads, they also brought back Phoenix, Wulf the Barbarian, and Lomax. And there was a crossover event called Atlas Unified, which looked like it included even more characters from the various '70s titles.
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Post by Babu Baboon on Nov 6, 2013 17:54:39 GMT -6
Too bad Tigerman didn't make a comeback.
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Post by mh on Nov 6, 2013 20:38:02 GMT -6
Based on the ads, they also brought back Phoenix, Wulf the Barbarian, and Lomax. And there was a crossover event called Atlas Unified, which looked like it included even more characters from the various '70s titles.
they should have put in 'the destructor' and 'the brute' for g-d's sake! btw doc Q, you mentioned that some atlas comics were too difficult to fine when you were going thru your atlas 'jones'. what were they? we haven't even scratched the surface as far as their titles. they had a ton. of course they all only lasted three or four issues. here's an interesting interview about Atlas Unified on cbr
www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35120
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Post by mh on Nov 6, 2013 20:59:02 GMT -6
Too bad Tigerman didn't make a comeback.
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Post by Doc Quantum on Nov 7, 2013 1:17:55 GMT -6
My second favorite character, after the Scorpion, was the Tarantula. Don't really know why -- it was a cornball concept, but I liked the artwork by the guy who co-created the Peacemaker, Pat Boyette. And the monster movie-type background of Count Eugene Lycosa (heh) is a nice treat if you love old Universal horror films.
As for the rarities, I can only recall two: Vicki (the Archie ripoff) and Devilina (one of the magazines published by Atlas-Seaboard). Though after checking out www.atlasarchives.com, there were more magazines that I also missed: Weird Tales of the Macabre (great title), Thrilling Adventure Stories, Gothic Romances, and Movie Monsters. Besides Vicki, I have all the other comics. Anyway, Vicki was just reprinted stories from Tower Comics' Tippy Teen from the late 1960s, anyway, so I'm not missing much.
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Post by mh on Nov 7, 2013 8:51:03 GMT -6
My second favorite character, after the Scorpion, was the Tarantula. Don't really know why -- it was a cornball concept, but I liked the artwork by the guy who co-created the Peacemaker, Pat Boyette. And the monster movie-type background of Count Eugene Lycosa (heh) is a nice treat if you love old Universal horror films.
As for the rarities, I can only recall two: Vicki (the Archie ripoff) and Devilina (one of the magazines published by Atlas-Seaboard). Though after checking out www.atlasarchives.com, there were more magazines that I also missed: Weird Tales of the Macabre (great title), Thrilling Adventure Stories, Gothic Romances, and Movie Monsters. Besides Vicki, I have all the other comics. Anyway, Vicki was just reprinted stories from Tower Comics' Tippy Teen from the late 1960s, anyway, so I'm not missing much.
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Post by mh on Nov 7, 2013 9:00:44 GMT -6
I like where it said the Gay Ghost's strange adventure was "the queerest in all history." wow, i missed that completely. and he looks like the guy who used to host dance fever  |
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Post by mh on Nov 13, 2013 1:25:35 GMT -6
another in my atlas comics collection is phoenix #3! i'm not quite sure how to respond to this guy. I read that originally atlas wanted to do 'Kolchak: the night stalker', but the company decided they did not want to pay for licensing, and phoenix was the result. he was astronaut ed tyler, who received atomic superpowers due to an alien suit that lets him fly, sense atomic energy in the air, levitate objects, and can contain virtually any kind of energy inside of a force field. he flies around the world and shows up in crappy diners in full costume. it's written by gabe levy, who was no denny O'Neal, and drawn by sal amendola, who's work is kind of inky & scribbly, but not bad. it grew on me
the book reminds me a little of elongated man. kind of a goofy character without a secret identity. he apparently became 'the protector' before the demise of the character, and looked completely different! he had wings like the falcon!
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Post by Doc Quantum on Nov 13, 2013 1:30:49 GMT -6
A complete 360-degree change for Phoenix, the Scorpion, and a few others, besides. They changed a few somewhat original characters into a bunch of generic Marvel Comics heroes.
I wonder what Atlas was thinking back then. They must have been desperate for one of their titles to catch on enough to turn a profit.
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