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As someone with a near complete set of Atlas, I endorse this move. :)
But really, most of these books were awful. I bought them under the "this is terrible, I must have more!" idea.
Tiger-Man
The Tarantula
The best was probably Morlock 2001:
Maybe Planet of Vampires:
As someone with a near complete set of Atlas, I endorse this move. :)
I'd be interested to see if modern creators could revamp the concepts but it does feel like an effort to mine IP not many people Remember and few of them do so fondly.
But really, most of these books were awful. I bought them under the “this is terrible, I must have more!” idea.
Yeah, I occasionally wonder if I should check out their titles (which didn't make a big impact here) and then I read potted reviews like this and don't bother.
Some of the creators would go on to do great things, like Howard Chaykin (Scorpion) or Pat Broderick (Planet of Vampires).
It's a curiosity seeing their early work... but, yeah.
The good news with the OG Atlas is none of the books survived longer than 3-4 issues.