American Update: The Atlas Explosion! Pre & Post Code Horror Mega-Fest continues with Journey Into Mystery
*Horror 1940-1959: Our Mega-Fest rolls on! One of Atlas’ earliest and longest-running fantasy titles, Journey Into Mystery is best remembered now for being the birthplace of Thor – and before that, for hosting a plethora of ‘Big Panty Monsters’, including Xemnu – but in its earliest stages, it was full-on horror, tales of the macabre by Everett, Maneely, Williamson, Morrow, Torres, Heath and more. We have fifteen new issues in, ranging from 1952’s #3 to #49, the unheralded ‘relaunch’ issue in 1958 after the publisher’s distribution crisis had caused a year-long hiatus in publication. Six of the new entries are Pre-Code, but all of them feature the top-quality artists associated with the publisher. Illustrated are #3 FN £500 (high resolution images available on request), #19 FN/VF £470, #22 FN+ £385, #32 FN+ £260, #36 FA/GD £57, #37 FN+ £260, #43 FN+ £145 and #46 FN+ £125. But in addition to these mostly ‘showpiece grade’ issues, there are several affordable mid-grade copies for more casual reading.