American Update: The Atlas Explosion! Rugged Action – He-Man Hi-Jinks From the Fierce 50s
*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Amongst the many genres tried by Atlas in the 1950s, the ‘Men’s Adventure’ subset was one of the less successful, such titles usually transmuting themselves into straight war or western series early on. Rugged Action, despite well-crafted stories, didn’t even last long enough to do that, running a mere four issues between 1954 and ’55 before embracing the supernatural, becoming Strange Stories of Suspense from #5. We have three of the four, with Brodsky, Maneely and Severin art and eye-catching covers, new in. Illustrated is #1 VG £26. Buy ‘em – if you’re man enough!