American Update: The Atlas Explosion! Battlefront: Complete War Series with art by Maneely, Heath, Robinson and more
*War: This week we embark on the listing of the very many War comics from our Atlas haul. Battlefront, launched in 1952 and lasting 48 issues, straddled the Pre- and Post-Code era and culminated in 1957. We are excited to have a complete run of this series (although a damaged issue #36 is included as a bonus with #37) newly stocked, with a dazzling array of artists; Heath, Maneely, Robinson, Check, Sale, Orlando, Powell, Sinnott, Everett, Colan, Drucker, Romita, Crandall, and Williamson all contributed over the title’s run, with Heath and Maneely standing out not only among the most frequent interior artists, but also providing some of the more dynamic and (at least in the Pre-Code era) outright lurid covers on the series. Series characters Combat Kelly and Battle Brady make appearances, with their characteristic black humour, but the standard of this anthology is high, with something to appeal visually even to non-fans of the war genre. Issue #14 (FN+ £50) is depicted; for grades and prices on the rest of the complete series, report to our online catalogue! War will break out here again very soon!