You can't deny that when we have an Atlas Fest here at THOIA, it's always a damn good time! And because a few of you axed for it, we'll close out the month with another double header (or is that a beheader?!) Bill LaCava proves that hate is stronger than blood, with a very cleaver, errr, a very clever classic from the August 1952 issue of Marvel Tales #108. But first up, a rather dividing tale of divorce and doom from the May 1953 issue of Marvel Tales #114. The Atlas Tales site thinks this is a team-up art attack from Jack Hearne and Bill Savage, and that sounds savagely good to me too-- either way that you slice it! Hope everyone enjoyed this month of Atlas, you can look forward to another mix of macabre stories from some of the other finer precode publishers, and maybe even a surprise or two as we slide into super September already (?!!), inching closer and closer to Halloween!! Stay tombed...
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One thing I can say about the first story is that Ricky has an extremely punchable face so I'm pretty glad the little turd got an axe to the head at the end of it. Mind you, Verna was the main problem here, but this was the best way for Steve to get back at her--and again Ricky wasn't helping much. I honestly do love how absolutely rubbering Ricky's face looks--like he's some sort of grotesque caricature of a ventriloquist's dummy. How old is this kid anyway? He's still living at home with his mother yet he's apparently old enough to drive. The second story is just really mean. Agnes is just awful gaslighting her poor sister like that. So much like Ricky, good riddance to bad rubbish. Though to be fair, I'm surprised Ellen didn't see those chains Agnes was rattling during bedtime. I do love panels 5 and 6 on the final page of Ellen finally snapping.
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