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General Category => Comic Related Discussion => Topic started by: bminor on October 15, 2019, 07:05:34 AM

Title: Atlas/Seaboard October, 1974-June, 1975 R.I.P. Entire run anyone?
Post by: bminor on October 15, 2019, 07:05:34 AM

So I was thinking about this short lived company, back in the mid 70's. Martin Goodmans last hurrah in comic books.
Does anyone have the entire run?

B.

Title: Re: Atlas/Seaboard October, 1974-June, 1975 R.I.P. Entire run anyone?
Post by: erwin-k on October 15, 2019, 08:11:08 AM

I have about 85% of the run. Missing Vicki & one or two more comics, plus a couple of magazines. Some pretty good stuff and a bunch passible & crud.

Title: Re: Atlas/Seaboard October, 1974-June, 1975 R.I.P. Entire run anyone?
Post by: Defiant1 on October 15, 2019, 08:34:52 PM

I had an ambition to collect a full run, but I abandoned it.

I went for the more difficult items first.

Vicki #3 & 4
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/25c6de968d569e3e95157f899c1fd0bf/tumblr_py1uibxIIm1rl13p0o1_500.png)(https://66.media.tumblr.com/21c4a0cc3872a4891332bbbbfbd33784/tumblr_py1ujsRDP31rl13p0o1_500.png)My Secret #1 (not a comic)
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/0866c74bbf6f6d00833062f0d41fe762/tumblr_py1tquW7hp1rl13p0o1_500.png)

Title: Re: Atlas/Seaboard October, 1974-June, 1975 R.I.P. Entire run anyone?
Post by: Yoc on October 17, 2019, 08:19:37 AM

I recall buying many in the clearance bins back in the early 80s but I can't recall how close I got to all of them.
I didn't get any of the magazines for sure and the Vicki books don't look familiar.

-Yoc

Title: Re: Atlas/Seaboard October, 1974-June, 1975 R.I.P. Entire run anyone?
Post by: Defiant1 on October 21, 2019, 03:29:41 PM

The Vicki comics are just reprinted Tippy Teen stories from Tower Comics.
#'s 3 & #4 had lower distribution and sold less than the others. That's why I acquired them first.

My understanding is that all the magazines had a lower print run than the comics.

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/364fa29505d57444ba44f185d12a8d89/tumblr_py1u4uEjJN1rl13p0o1_500.png)(https://66.media.tumblr.com/66ce6ec882e9268a56ce95f99ba66e68/tumblr_py1u598Svo1rl13p0o1_500.png)The recent buzz is that these might be developed into movies.
https://www.screendaily.com/news/steven-paul-buys-stake-in-atlas-comics-library-strikes-finance-and-production-deal-with-paramount/5139484.article

"Atlas Comics" is trademarked by someone other than Jason Goodman.
Jason Goodman's Trademark application for the "Atlas Comics" name was formally rejected on June 29, 2016.
Jason Goodman does have a Trademark on the Atlas "A" symbol which was used on the Atlas Comics published in the late 2000's (2010?). He just can't use it on comics.

Although not a comic, My Secret #2 is probably the rarest Atlas/Seaboard publication. Only one known surviving copy has surfaced. I've held it and made an offer on it. I think the seller wants to retire off of whatever he gets for it. It's worth more to him than it is to me and that's fine. He sold me my copy of #1. I think he regretted it after discovering how rare it is. Last I knew, only about 9 copies of #1 had surfaced online.

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/f24308eba506e50a2d085b9bc4ff83a3/tumblr_pp3qu1tltS1rl13p0o1_500.jpg)What I didn't know until recently is that the gentleman who created an Atlas/Seaboard website passed away. That's why his site no longer exists.