American Update: The Atlas Explosion! Caught! ‘Non-Crime’ Crime Comic – Complete Run 1956-1957
*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Following the advent of the Comics Code censorship board, crime comics, which had been one of the more popular genres, faced some challenges, as ‘Crime’ was one of three words – together with ‘Horror’ and ‘Terror’ – specifically prohibited from use in titles by the Code. Many publishers gave up entirely, but Atlas tried to rebrand the genre under various cunning aliases. One such was Caught! – subtitled, ‘The Guilty Never Escape’ – with tense covers by the superlative John Severin and interior art by, among others, Maneely, Meskin and of course Severin himself. Illustrated is #1 GD £20; all five issues, the complete series, are now in stock, in grades ranging from Fair to VG+. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD