tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post6356235534038327604..comments2024-03-29T04:24:08.026-07:00Comments on Marvel University: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #19: The Mystery of Atomman! Part OneJohn Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-78624448445662763962014-08-21T14:25:33.664-07:002014-08-21T14:25:33.664-07:00I have a comic book character called ATOMMAN,I fin...I have a comic book character called ATOMMAN,I find this very ....<br />interrestingal barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949656482280269983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-52018472181150640722013-11-28T21:15:10.723-08:002013-11-28T21:15:10.723-08:00Having read the original Cage collection, I can vo...Having read the original Cage collection, I can vouch firsthand for the magnificently incoherent and hilariously juvenile timelessness of the Atomman comics. Reliving the experience here is equal parts fantastic and futile.turafishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285392739078487496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-47877881268504338122013-11-25T06:56:35.898-08:002013-11-25T06:56:35.898-08:00You over paid.You over paid.Professor Flynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-25579460254545579012013-11-24T18:33:40.164-08:002013-11-24T18:33:40.164-08:00Atomic Comics did achieve one artistic milestone t...Atomic Comics did achieve one artistic milestone that eluded even Marvel: the penciler and inker were always perfectly matched.<br /><br />The unsigned author of this highly informative article was presumably being rhetorical when he asked, "what good can be said of a comic that misspells the name of the villain?" Yet, as history tells us, Atomic's higher-profile competitor committed that exact sin in THOR #214, where "Mercurio" is consistently misspelled as "Mecurio."<br /><br />Legal technicalities aside, Atomic was also clearly running neck and neck with the majors by pioneering inter-company crossovers the same year as the more heavily touted Spider-Man/Superman encounter, thus making it inexplicable that the company was not afforded more respect.<br /><br />There is, of course, one possible solution to the numeration problem that is perfectly straightforward, and that is simply to consider the first annual as the de facto issue #5. I myself had long subscribed to the theory that it was a playful goof on the reader, prefiguring by many years the kind of "meta-comics" epitomized by Marvel's "Assistant Editors' Month" and other pretentious devices. But documents only recently uncovered hint at a more ambitious scheme: to build up a buying frenzy inspired by pent-up demand for the "missing" issue #5.Matthew Bradleyhttp://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-6279410212408092522013-11-24T13:33:45.153-08:002013-11-24T13:33:45.153-08:00I do believe I purchased a full set at the 1989 co...I do believe I purchased a full set at the 1989 comic and sports card convention at the Bordentown, NJ firehouse for 50 cents. The funniest part of this (and there are many) is that the publisher put out an annual!!!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com