This episode briefly looks at war comics and Jack Kirby’s work for the final issues of Battle at the end of the fifties. We take a look at Kirby’s covers and stories in Battle issues 64-70 (June 1959 to June 1960). Accompanying information:

Panel Breakouts Episode 009: Love Romances #85

Jan 15th, 2017 18m 25s

We take a quick peek at the type of Romance anthology comic that the Marvel team was producing just before they created the superhero universe.

Panel Breakouts Episode 008: Teen-age Crossovers

Jan 2nd, 2017 17m 20s

How the idea of the Marvel interconnected universe - where heroes would crossover or “guest star” in each other’s books - first occurred in the teen comics for girls - with characters like Patsy Walker, Millie the Model, Kathy Carter and others

Panel Breakouts Episode 007: Young Romance #1 (1947)

Oct 2nd, 2016 11m 1s

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Young Romance #1 (1947) launched the genre of the Romance comic which, at one point in the 1950s, sold more than any other genre. It's influence was felt in the early Marvel superhero comics,

Panel Breakouts Episode 006: Miss America Magazine #2 (1944)

Jul 27th, 2016 7m 54s

Patsy Walker's first appearance is in Miss America Magazine #2. Nov 1944 cover date in a seven page introductory story pencilled and inked by Ruth Atkinson.

Panel Breakouts Episode 005: Venus (1948)

Jul 3rd, 2016 8m 17s

In her excellent history of American Romance comics, Love on the Racks, Michelle Nolan describes Venus as Marvel's first attempt to match a character to whatever trend she seemed to fit at the time.

Panel Breakouts Episode 004: Crazy, Wild & Riot (1953-4)

Jun 15th, 2016 6m 55s

Never to underestimate a trend, Atlas produced 3 imitations of MAD within months of the comic’s first issue – Crazy, Wild and Riot (3 titles) which saw 1st issues in December 1953, February 1954 and April 1954 – followed by Snafu later on. Atla

Panel Breakouts Episode 003: Dippy Duck (1957)

Jun 5th, 2016 9m 43s

Dippy Duck was the last of Timely/Atlas' Animal Funnies with a cover date of October 1957. It's also the last comic to bear the Atlas Logo.

Panel Breakouts Episode 002: Homer the Happy Ghost (1955 to 1958)

May 29th, 2016 8m 58s

Homer the Happy Ghost was a bi-monthly kids humour comic that ran for 22 issues between 1955 and 1958. It was clearly another of Goodman’s copycat titles, obviously ripping off Harvey Comics’ Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Panel Breakouts Episode 001: Patsy Walker #95 (1961)

May 23rd, 2016 12m 18s

Over the last year I've been reading and researching material for the Unstable Molecules podcast, looking at the influences on the early Marvel universe's comics and creators. What I thought would be two or three episodes looks like being at le

UM S00E02 Crisis at Atlas Comics

Aug 27th, 2015 15m 55s

In this episode we don't look at any individual issues or stories. Instead we take a look at the events in Martin Goodman's company during the 1950s: the type of comics Atlas produced, the distribution crisis and "Atlas Implosion", the death of

UM S00E01 Revival of the Timely Heroes

Aug 25th, 2015 56m 20s

In this episode we cover the Timely Heroes revival (Human Torch, Captain America and Sub-Mariner) in 1953-54: Young Men #24-28 and Men's Adventures #27-28. These issues are reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes Volumes 1-2. 0:00:00

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