Atlas Comics Library #2 (2023) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: Atlas Comics Library (Fantagraphics, 2023 series)
Issue: #2
Issue title: Venus
Publication date: October 2023
Key date: October 2023
On-sale date: April 16, 2024
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics
Price: $49.99
Pages: 320
Barcode: 978168396919854999
ISBN: 978-1-68396-919-8

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
1	Contents	table of contents	4	pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset
2	-	illustration	1	pencils: various; inks: various
3	Venus Vol. 2 – A Re-Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	13	script: Dr. Michael J. Vassallo
4	Trapped on the Moon!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
6	Venus and the Son of Satan! Chapter 1 The Devil Strikes!	comic story	5	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Christopher Rule
7	Venus and the Son of Satan! Chapter 2 Terror on Earth!	comic story	5	pencils: Werner Roth, Mike Sekowsky; inks: Christopher Rule
8	The Last Rocket!	comic story	3	pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely
9	A Chance for Happiness	text story	2	pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
10	The Plot That Failed!	comic story	7	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Vince Alascia
11	The Trap!	comic story	7	pencils: Syd Shores, Lin Streeter; inks: Syd Shores, Lin Streeter
12	Chapter I Journey to the Moon!	comic story	4	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Werner Roth
13	Chapter II Trapped on the Moon!	comic story	6	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Werner Roth
15	The End of the World!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1
17	The End of the World!	comic story	12	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Werner Roth	Venus
18	Perilous Patrol	text story	2	script: Stan Lee
19	The Plot!	comic story	4	pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath
20	Beyond the 3rd Dimension	comic story	6	pencils: Hy Rosen, Don Rico; inks: Mike Esposito, Don Rico	Venus
21	The Lost World!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Werner Roth; colors: Stan Goldberg
23	Trapped in the Land of Terror	comic story	12	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Werner Roth; letters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen
24	The Strange Rocket!	comic story	4	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gene Colan
25	The Isle of No Return	text story	2	script: Stan Lee
26	The Lost World!	comic story	6		Venus
27	King of the Living Dead!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
29	The King of the Living Dead!	comic story	7	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Lin Streeter; letters: Bill Everett
30	The Last Day on Earth!	comic story	5	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Lin Streeter; letters: Bill Everett
31	The Evil Coin	text story	2	script: Stan Lee
32	Invasion from Mars!	comic story	4	pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
33	The Creeping Death	comic story	6		Venus
34	The Fountain of Death	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett, Carl Burgos; inks: Bill Everett, Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg
36	Fountain of Death	comic story	8	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
37	Hangman's Horror	comic story	5	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
38	Backfire!	text story	1.75	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett
39	-	statement of ownership	0.25	script: Robert Solomon
40	The Little Man Who Wasn't There!	comic story	4	pencils: John Tartaglione; inks: John Tartaglione	Casper Waltham
41	Venus Meets the Lady Killer	comic story	6	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
43	The Empty Graves!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
45	The Graveyard Waxworks	comic story	8	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
46	The Day That Venus Vanished	comic story	6	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
47	Return from Mars	text story	2	pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath
48	Escape from Death	comic story	4	pencils: Sol Brodsky; inks: Sol Brodsky
49	The Living Dolls	comic story	5	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Whit Hammond, Venus
51	Where Gargoyles Dwell!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
53	Where Gargoyles Dwell!	comic story	8	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Whit Hammond, Venus
54	The Ashes of Death!	comic story	6	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
55	Shell Shocked!	text story	2	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
56	Thru the Lens	comic story	4	pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely
57	The House of Terror!	comic story	5	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
59	The Tower of Death!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
61	Tower of Death!	comic story	6	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
62	The Cartoonist's Calamity!	comic story	5	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Whit Hammond, Venus
63	The Madmen of Mogan	text story	2	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett
64	The Storm!	comic story	4	pencils: Allen Bellman; inks: Allen Bellman
65	The Stone Man!	comic story	8	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
67	Terror in the Tunnel!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg	Venus
69	The Sealed Specters	comic story	6	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Whit Hammond, Venus
70	The Mad Mountain!	comic story	5	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Whit Hammond, Venus
71	Beware... The Cat-Woman's Revenge	text story	1	letters: typeset
72	The Little Man	comic story	4	pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta	Wembley; Ryan
73	Tidal Wave of Terror	comic story	8	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Whit Hammond, Venus
75	The Kiss of Death!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
77	The Kiss of Death!	comic story	7	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Whit Hammond, Venus
78	Death to the Hairy Monsters!	text story	2	letters: typeset	Dr. Peabody
79	Demon from the Deep!	comic story	6	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett
80	The Madman's Music	comic story	4	pencils: Pete Morisi; inks: Pete Morisi
81	The Box of Doom!	comic story	6	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Venus
82	Creators	text article	2	script: Michael Dean

Plus 16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 16 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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