The Atlas Comics Library No. 12 : Complete Mystery
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Overview
The year 1948 saw the debut of a long-form, film-noir-influenced "crime novella" comics format titled Complete Mystery featuring Marvel's top artists: Gene Colan, Syd Shores, and Carl Burgos (with three stories written by editor Stan Lee).
In "Seven Dead Men " greedy mobsters and a beautiful girl lust after a quarter of a million dollars. "Fate's Fearful Jigsaw " weaves a tale of murder and mystery, likely instigated by the contemporary accounts of the deaths of the famed NYC recluses, the Collyer brothers. "Fear in the Night " has murder manifest under the big top, and a squealer causes gangland terror in "Squealers Die Fast "
Changing to a multi-story structure, True Complete Mystery became a showcase for the earliest work by future Marvel Comics star John Buscema, who penciled four stories and a cover in the remaining four issues: "Rico Mancini - The Deadly Dude " "Murder Will Out " "The Frame-Up that Failed " and the frantic "Triangle of Terror " The final three issues sported crime-themed photo covers, a popular novelty across numerous Timely crime, romance and western titles of the period. With an historical introduction by Atlas expert Dr. Michael J. Vassallo.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798875002748
- ISBN-10: 9798875002748
- Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
- Publish Date: March 2027
- Page Count: 254
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