American Comics Update: Post Code Horror Fest: Atlas’s Worlds of Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense
*Horror 1940-1959: In 1956, probably as a reaction to the demise of so many of their titles that didn’t survive long after the imposition of the Comics Code, Atlas, who before too much longer would morph into Marvel, launched three ‘sister’ titles called World Of Fantasy, World Of Mystery and World Of Suspense. These contained mystery stories with a dark edge of similar quality to Atlas’s pre-code material in this vein, but obviously without the excesses. The art was by many of the finest craftsman available to them at the time. Selections from all three titles are available as follows:
IN THIS UPDATE:
WORLD OF FANTASY
#10 GD/VG £50 (PICTURED) Cover by Burgos. Interior art by Reinman, Winarski, Colan, Sale and more.
#11 VG- £58 (PICTURED) Cover by Everett/Maneely. Interior art by Torres, Mooney, Winarski and more.
#12 FA £18 Cover by Everett. Interior art by Forte, Mooney, Stallman & more. Covers almost detached; long spine split.
WORLD OF MYSTERY
#1 GD £50 (PICTURED) Cover by Everett. Interior art by Torres, Sale, Powell, Baily, Orlando and more. Glued spine and colour touch. SOLD
#4 GD- £28 Cover by Burgos. Interior art by Roth, Reinman, Powell, Stallman, Romita & Ayers
#5 FA/GD £22 Cover by Burgos. Interior art by Orlando, Ayers, Winarski, Heck, Brodsky, Forte and more. A couple of small cover scuffs in logo and code box.
WORLD OF SUSPENSE
#4 PR £8 Cover by Burgos. Interior art by Reinman, Stallman, Sale, Roussos, Forgione and more. Covers detached, separated and brittle. Some loss at edges.
#5 VG £52 (PICTURED) Cover by Burgos. Interior art by Everett, Giunta, Romita, Heck, Roussos and more.
#5 App FN £36 Cover by Burgos. Interior art by Everett, Giunta, Romita, Heck, Roussos and more. Right edge trimmed; stories not affected.
#7 GD- £22 Cover by Burgos. Interior art by Maneely, Williamson & Mayo, Baily, Crandall, Morisi and more.
#8 GD- £22 Cover by Doxsee. Interior art by Doxsee, Winarski, Brodsky, Forte and more. Small corner off bottom right cover.