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Demon-Hunter #1 (September, 1975)

Posted on by Alan Stewart

Last November, in our post about Grim Ghost #1, we discussed the origins and early days of Atlas/Seaboard — the comic-book company launched in 1974 by the founder and previous owner of Marvel Comics, Martin Goodman, and his son Charles (aka “Chip”).  In this post, we’ll be covering the upstart publisher’s decline and fall, as well as taking a close look at one of Atlas/Seaboard’s very last releases — a comic which, ironically, was not only one of the company’s better efforts, but also one of the very few to have any sort of afterlife following its abrupt demise. Read More

Wulf the Barbarian #1 (February, 1975)

Posted on by Alan Stewart

A week ago, writing about the advent of the short-lived comics publisher Atlas/Seaboard, I touched briefly on one of the company’s first color comic-book releases — the barbarian-themed Ironjaw #1 — which, as you may recall, I didn’t rate very highly.  At the time, I promised you we’d be taking a look at the other sword-and-sorcery comic Atlas put out in November, 1974 — a book which was perhaps somewhat more generic than its immediate predecessor, at least on the surface level, but one which ultimately proved a more satisfying entertainment experience overall, simply by virtue of being so very well drawn… well, that, and not being poisonously misogynistic, as the Michael Fleisher-written Ironjaw unquestionably was.  And now, here we are.  Read More