fifties Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Nice pickup! I have that issue with a double cover. Re pre/post code illustrations on Atlas -and most other- comic publications; it seems the PCH look peaked out with the August 1954 issues. At least AFA Atlas, gone were the skeletons and terrified looks. The PCH aspects of this cover would be the skull at the bottom, bony-looking hand, and hard looks by the background characters on the left and right. Possibly also the fragmented bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 What's funny is that while Atlas and some other publishers were putting the brakes on excessive material , EC went out with a bang. The last few issues of their horror mags were some of the most gruesome ever. Haunt of Fear 27 in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Yep, I am enjoying them very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 What's funny is that while Atlas and some other publishers were putting the brakes on excessive material , EC went out with a bang. The last few issues of their horror mags were some of the most gruesome ever. Haunt of Fear 27 in particular. And it was one of the few that they decided to go full page with the artwork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 As much as I like ECs, can you imagine how awesome they would be without all that junk cluttering up the cover? It's one of the reasons I lke DC 10 cent war washtones. Just the image, the price, the code and the publisher symbol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 If you guys think that's bad, try out some of the Atlas books like these doozies - https://www.atlastales.com/issue/455 & https://www.atlastales.com/issue/4585 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 If you guys think that's bad, try out some of the Atlas books like these doozies - https://www.atlastales.com/issue/455 & https://www.atlastales.com/issue/4585 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Headache inducing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Collector Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 If you guys think that's bad, try out some of the Atlas books like these doozies - https://www.atlastales.com/issue/455 & https://www.atlastales.com/issue/4585 Wow. Sometimes less is definitely more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Those covers look like the front page of a newspaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 As much as I like ECs, can you imagine how awesome they would be without all that junk cluttering up the cover? It's one of the reasons I lke DC 10 cent war washtones. Just the image, the price, the code and the publisher symbol. I don't mind the 3 Ghloulantics down the left side. It is so distinctive to an EC horror book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 As much as I like ECs, can you imagine how awesome they would be without all that junk cluttering up the cover? It's one of the reasons I lke DC 10 cent war washtones. Just the image, the price, the code and the publisher symbol. I don't mind the 3 Ghloulantics down the left side. It is so distinctive to an EC horror book. I have always disliked them. They are iconic and often imitated/parodied, but I wish I could see more of the underlying art. The covers are so good it's shame to obscure them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 As much as I like ECs, can you imagine how awesome they would be without all that junk cluttering up the cover? It's one of the reasons I lke DC 10 cent war washtones. Just the image, the price, the code and the publisher symbol. I don't mind the 3 Ghloulantics down the left side. It is so distinctive to an EC horror book. They are ok in my book but the one cover that has always bothered me with them is HOF 17. Would love to see Ingals art underneath the Ghoulunatics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 As much as I like ECs, can you imagine how awesome they would be without all that junk cluttering up the cover? It's one of the reasons I lke DC 10 cent war washtones. Just the image, the price, the code and the publisher symbol. I don't mind the 3 Ghloulantics down the left side. It is so distinctive to an EC horror book. They are ok in my book but the one cover that has always bothered me with them is HOF 17. Would love to see Ingals art underneath the Ghoulunatics! I agree. There was no need to flog the brand issue after issue (IMO) thereby obscuring some beautiful artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Look at all that artwork restricting the text to barely more than half of the cover. If you guys think that's bad, try out some of the Atlas books like these doozies - https://www.atlastales.com/issue/455 & https://www.atlastales.com/issue/4585 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I was about to get indignant that my beloved Atlases were about to be dissed, but that is absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I was about to get indignant that my beloved Atlases were about to be dissed, but that is absurd. Atlas provides 3 extra original images on their covers and all folks can do is complain. Haters gonna hate. What can you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I was about to get indignant that my beloved Atlases were about to be dissed, but that is absurd. Atlas provides 3 extra original images on their covers and all folks can do is complain. Haters gonna hate. What can you do? True enough. Maybe you can never have too much of a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I was about to get indignant that my beloved Atlases were about to be dissed, but that is absurd. Atlas provides 3 extra original images on their covers and all folks can do is complain. Haters gonna hate. What can you do? True enough. Maybe you can never have too much of a good thing. It takes longer to read that cover than most modern comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I was about to get indignant that my beloved Atlases were about to be dissed, but that is absurd. Maybe Stan up his Desoxyn dosage in 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
