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Atlas [black & white]

Brand

Publishers
Brand type
Publisher
Dates used
1951–1957
GCD
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Notes

Black and white globe, usually with longitude and latitude lines, with a banner across it reading 'Atlas' in black letters. A color version was used in 1944.

According to an article in Alter Ego (vol. 3) #49 by Tom Lammers, Atlas was intended as a publisher's brand, not as a distribution mark. The Atlas logo was first used on November 1951 issues, but Kable News Co. continued to distribute the issues through the August 1952 issues, and it's "K" logo and the logo of the independent distributors' union continued to appear along side the Atlas globe. The Atlas globe also remained in use through the September 1957 issues, plus one of the two issues cover-dated October 1957, while A.N.C. had taken over distribution as of November, 1956. No indication of A.N.C.'s distribution appeared on the cover while the Atlas globe remained.

Interior pages encouraged readers to 'look for the Atlas seal on the cover!'

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United States Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #17 (November 1951)
United States Two Gun Western (Atlas [Marvel], 1956 series) #11 (December 1951)
United States Justice (Atlas [Marvel], 1947 series) #25 (January 1952)
United States Two Gun Western (Atlas [Marvel], 1956 series) #12 (February 1952)
United States Western Outlaws and Sheriffs (Marvel (Interstate), 1949? series) #73 (June 1952)
United States Texas Kid (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #10 (July 1952)
United States Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #13 (October 1952)
United States Battle (Atlas [Marvel], 1951 series) #21 (July 1953)
United States Justice (Atlas [Marvel], 1947 series) #41 (November 1953)
United States Wild Western (Atlas [Marvel], 1948 series) #31 (December 1953)
United States Western Outlaws (Warwick [Atlas], 1954 series) #1 (February 1954)
United States Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #36 (April 1954)
United States Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #37 (May 1954)
United States Men's Adventures (Comic Combine [Atlas/Marvel], 1950? series) #27 (May 1954)
United States Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #40 (August 1954)
United States Ringo Kid (Marvel, 1954 series) #1 (August 1954)
United States Ringo Kid (Marvel, 1954 series) #2 (October 1954)
United States Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #41 (October 1954)
United States Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #36 (December 1954)
United States War Comics (Atlas [Marvel], 1950 series) #30 (December 1954)
United States Sub-Mariner Comics (Comic Combine [Atlas/Marvel], 1941 series) #38 (February 1955)
United States The Outlaw Kid (Atlas [Marvel], 1954 series) #4 (March 1955)
United States Rugged Action (Atlas [Marvel], 1954 series) #3 (April 1955)
United States Wild Western (Atlas [Marvel], 1948 series) #43 (May 1955)
United States Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #48 (May 1955)