*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Leading off this week’s selections from the prestigious Bute Collection, the final two issues of the Atlas 1950s revival of the Human Torch, #37 and #38 from 1954. As well as three Human Torch & Toro stories per issue, many with a horror edge to them, you also get a Sub-Mariner story, drawn by Bill Everett, no less, with Namora also appearing in #37. As with all Timelys and 1950s super-hero Atlases, these are pretty rare, particularly in the UK. 
PICTURED: HUMAN TORCH
#37 VG £300 A solid copy with good spine, some minor edge and corner wear and a back cover crease. Partial bookshop stamp over logo. A couple of short sealed tears at top and right edges. Tight staples and off-white pages. There is some ballast ink-type marking along the top pages edge and down the first few cms of the pages, but this intrudes only into the margins on a few pages. There is about a 6 cm tear to the right edge of the Sub-Mariner story splash. SOLD
#38 VG+ £400 Nice bright copy with good colours and gloss. Solid spine with minor edge and corner wear. Great staples and excellent off-white pages. Short crease that only very faintly breaks colour across first ‘H’ in logo. SOLD