Atlas Comics
| Strange Worlds | |
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Strange Worlds #1 (Dec. 1958). Cover art by Jack Kirby (pencils) & Christopher Rule (inks). |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Atlas Comics |
| Schedule | Bimonthly |
| Format | anthology |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | Dec. 1958 – Aug. 1959 |
| Number of issues | 5 |
| Creative team | |
| Artist(s) | Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Dick Ayers, John Buscema, Don Heck, Joe Sinnott, Carl Burgos, Bob Powell |
The second Strange Worlds was a short-lived series from Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor company, Atlas Comics. Running five issues (Dec. 1958 - Aug. 1959), the title nonetheless showcased artwork by industry legend Jack Kirby, who penciled all but one cover and supplied a story each in issues #1 and #3, and future Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, who drew the cover of #2 and a story in each issue.
The premiere issue's cover and its seven-page story "I Discovered the Secret of the Flying Saucers" marked Kirby's return to Marvel, for which he had not worked since 1941 except for 20 scattered stories from 1956 to 1957. Three years later, he and writer-editor Stan Lee would create the industry-changing superhero series The Fantastic Four.
Other well-known comics artists who drew for the Atlas anthology included EC Comics greats Joe Orlando and Al Williamson; and future Marvel mainstays Dick Ayers, John Buscema, Don Heck and Joe Sinnott; and Human Torch creator Carl Burgos and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle artist Bob Powell, both veterans of the 1930s-1940s period historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comic Books.
Reprinted stories include:
- #1: "I Captured the Abominable Snowman", by writer Stan Lee, artist Steve Ditko
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- reprinted Strange Tales Annual #2 (1963); Chamber of Darkness #7 (Oct. 1970); Journey into Mystery vol. 2, #13 (Oct. 1974); and Thrilling Science Fiction #2 (AC Comics, 1998)
- #1: "I Am Robot, by artist Joe Sinnott
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- reprinted Strange Tales Annual #2 (1963)
- #2: "I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder", by artist Don Heck
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- reprinted Strange Tales Annual #2 (1963)
- #2: "I Am the Scourge of Atlantis", by artist Dick Ayers
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- reprinted Strange Tales Annual #2 (1963)
- #3: "I Was the Man Who Lived Twice", by artist John Buscema
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- reprinted Strange Tales Annual #2 (1963)
- #3: "I Fly to the Stars", by writer Stan Lee, penciler Jack Kirby, inker Dick Ayers
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- reprinted Strange Tales Annual #2 (1963)
- #5: "I Am ... Gorilla", by artist Paul Reinman
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- reprinted Sinister Tales (UK) #223
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