Any one read any atlas seaboard comics??

[logan_run]

In the 70s. Martin Goodman wanted hsi son chip to be publisher of Marvel comics. Stan Lee said no so as a act of revenge martin created atlas seaboard from 74-75 any own or read any of the tiles published by atlas>>??

 

[Starbeast]

Good evening, @logan_run and nice to meet you.

I remember those comics. I read a few titles, Planet of the Vampires, Morlock, The Brute, Iron Jaw, etc. They were a nice alternative, and I thought they'd last, but unfortunately, it was a short run for the company. Here's a great video showing every mag that was published by them.

Two of my favorite covers

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[logan_run]

Am waiting for the brute in the mail.
I mean the comic not actual brute.

 

[KGeo777]

I didnt see them when I was a kid-or didnt remember them but I did pick up a couple of Planet of Vampires a few years ago.
Its a great idea but doesn't really go in the direction the covers suggest.

 

[anno]

My favourite was Iron Jaw, kind of Conan / Bond villain mashup.
And Bullitt was obviously Steve McQueen...

 

[Ian]

They had some great talent working for them, but the comics themselves were just half baked rehashes of successful Marvel comics. I think the best thing they ever produced was Howard Chaykin's Scorpion, a character he later re-worked for Marvel as Dominic Fortune.

 

[KGeo777]

The editor on it wanted to get Godzilla and Kolchak as properties.

 

[JunkMonkey]

I have most of them in a box somewhere. I did review a few on an old blog:

Junk Monkey

It's a long time since I wittered on about crappy movies here. Partially because I haven't been watching many. My 'spare' time recently ha...

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The Brute

The second wander through my collection of bloody awful Atlas Seaboard comic books. (The previous wander is here: Planet of the Vampires )...

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The Brute # 2

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Great Zot! that's nearly 8 years go. About time I dug the box out and had another look.

 

[Ubergeek]

I didnt see them when I was a kid-or didnt remember them but I did pick up a couple of Planet of Vampires a few years ago.
Its a great idea but doesn't really go in the direction the covers suggest.

Was that inspired by Mario Bava's 60s movie ?

 

[JunkMonkey]

Was that inspired by Mario Bava's 60s movie ?

If it was they threw away any observable connection. More likely inspired by Matheson's I am Legion crossed with a Italian post Mad Max rip off.

 

[KGeo777]

Well there is a connection to the Bava film in that it is about men and women astronauts who arrive on Earth and find it changed--that's about it.
There are savages (or just poor people) and others who live in dome cities and they are the "vampires." But they are not vampires in the normal sense despite the covers. I think they drink blood but they aren't sporting fangs etc. It is closer to Logan's Run in some sense--but I was so disappointed that they weren't Dracula-type vampires.
Same reaction I had to Captain Kronos-Vampire Hunter. I was expecting something different.

 

[JunkMonkey]

Well there is a connection to the Bava film in that it is about men and women astronauts who arrive on Earth and find it changed--that's about it.

Did that happen in the Bava film? I seem to recall it was a very Alien-like setup in that an exploration ship went to rescue another ship on a previously uninvestigated alien planet. Ancient wreck discovered. Incorporeal vampires possess the crew. Nearly everyone dies; the last few crew members escape - twist! THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER TOO! and, double twist! looking for a place to land and repair their ship are about to put down on a (stock footage of New York) 'primitive' (to their eyes) Earth. Three dramatic chords please!

 

[KGeo777]

Did that happen in the Bava film? I seem to recall it was a very Alien-like setup in that an exploration ship went to rescue another ship on a previously uninvestigated alien planet. Ancient wreck discovered. Incorporeal vampires possess the crew. Nearly everyone dies; the last few crew members escape - twist! THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER TOO! and, double twist! looking for a place to land and repair their ship are about to put down on a (stock footage of New York) 'primitive' (to their eyes) Earth. Three dramatic chords please!

I just meant the crew being men and women--I don't know if the movie suggested the comic idea. It seems to me Planet of the Apes (or the Time Machine) was more likely the inspiration.

I do wonder if Bava's film may have inspired the ending of POTA. I know Serling had already done "astronauts on Earth" in a TZ episode but since the movie does end with a "hey--they are aliens, not from Earth!"and some landmark symbolism, I wonder if it had any influence. The dates of the first screenplay are around 1965 so it could be that Serling saw it. The original version has the Statue of Liberty being seen from an aircraft too.

 

[JunkMonkey]

I just meant the crew being men and women--I don't know if the movie suggested the comic idea. It seems to me Planet of the Apes (or the Time Machine) was more likely the inspiration.

I do wonder if Bava's film may have inspired the ending of POTA. I know Serling had already done "astronauts on Earth" in a TZ episode but since the movie does end with a "hey--they are aliens, not from Earth!"and some landmark symbolism, I wonder if it had any influence. The dates of the first screenplay are around 1965 so it could be that Serling saw it. The original version has the Statue of Liberty being seen from an aircraft too.

The same twist - It's EARTH! - gag has been used many many times. The American edit of Ikarie XB1 (1964), and Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966) are a couple that immediately spring to mind.

 

[beccabear67]

I had a few Atlas comics years ago. Not long ago I picked some up to refresh the experience and might add to them. Planet Of The Vampires #1-3, Phoenix #1, and Morlock #3. They mostly feel like run-of-the-mill Marvels of the same time and I can't say outside the novelty they do a whole lot for me. Possibly Grim Ghost or Tarantula might be worth finding?

 

[CAOM]

Oh yeah, I've come across a few of those. It was a long time ago, and I can't even remember what exactly I read about.