Atlas Comics
In comic books, Marvel Tales was the direct continuation of the series on which Marvel Comics was founded, Marvel Mystery Comics (Dec. 1939 - June 1949) — the first issue of which, titled Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), marked the founding of the Marvel Comics' predecessor, Timely Comics.
Marvel Mystery Comics, a superhero omnibus featuring primarily the Human Torch, the Submariner and the Angel, waned along with most other superhero comics after World War II. Timely Comics publisher Martin Goodman, following prevailing trends, retitled and revamped the series as the horror anthology Marvel Tales beginning with issue #93 (Aug. 1949).
Marvel Tales ran 67 issues, through #159 (Aug. 1957), and included among its contributors writer and editor-in-chief Stan Lee and such comics artists as Golden Age veterans Harry Anderson, Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Fred Kida, Mike Sekowsky, Syd Shores, and Ogden Whitney, and, early in their careers, Dick Ayers, Gene Colan, Tony DiPreta, Mort Drucker, Russ Heath, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Maneely, Joe Sinnott, and Basil Wolverton, among others.
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