tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post7496255092746367875..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART TWO OF ATLAS/SEABOARD COMICS COVER GALLERY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-88092441925043518682016-01-31T01:01:17.469+00:002016-01-31T01:01:17.469+00:00He was trying to outdo Marvel, and I guess he thou...He was trying to outdo Marvel, and I guess he thought the best way to do that was to do mags that looked like Marvel ones. Too much too soon was probably what doomed Atlas at the end of the day.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-16344186603393658872016-01-31T00:24:01.632+00:002016-01-31T00:24:01.632+00:00Presumably, if Goodman had been mayor of New York ...Presumably, if Goodman had been mayor of New York City, he would have appointed a police officer to be the fire chief, and a firefighter as police commissioner. <br /><br />Grim Ghost may have at least had some originality. Almost everything that Atlas/Seaboard published seemed to be derivative, either imitating Marvel or exploiting the latest trend. Hands of the Dragon was an obvious attempt to jump on the kung fu bandwagon (there was a fad for martial arts movies in the mid-1970's), and Kid Cody sounds suspiciously similar to Marvel's Kid Colt. And Ironjaw, like Wulf, was imitative of Conan and the other barbarian heroes. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-52241078095242813422016-01-30T21:48:44.724+00:002016-01-30T21:48:44.724+00:00That info is the content of part 3, Andrew. Now I&...That info is the content of part 3, Andrew. Now I'm going to have to rewrite it - snarfle, farfle, furshlugginer fortean fluffle-puffles.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-41005624736879109992016-01-30T20:55:31.719+00:002016-01-30T20:55:31.719+00:00Thanks for Part Two, Kid. You mentioned in a comme...Thanks for Part Two, Kid. You mentioned in a comment on Part One that you liked the Grim Ghost best - it certainly looks good so I might track down an issue or two.<br /><br />Apparently Goodman poached two editors from his biggest competitors - Larry Lieber from Marvel and Jeff Rovin from Warren. Larry had spent his whole career working on colour comics (in the shadow of his big brother), while Rovin only knew about black and white magazines. So Goodman put Larry in charge of the Atlas-Seaboard black and whites while Rovin was left to look after the colour comics. If only he'd done it the other way around (as any sensible person would) the whole thing might have worked out very differently!Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.com