{"product_id":"atlas-comics-library-no-10-sports-action","title":"Atlas Comics Library No. 10: Sports Action [PRE-ORDER 06\/30]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOT YET AVAILABLE. Pre-order now. This title is scheduled to arrive on June 30, 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: release dates and prices are tentative and subject to change at the publisher's whim.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen pre-ordering with multiple items, remember your order will not ship until the last pre-ordered item is in stock. If you want items to ship separately, place separate orders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaseball, boxing, football — Marvel honored every sport by rendering short graphic biographies of the most prominent athletes of the time, including Sugar Ray Robinson, Knute Rockne, and Jackie Robinson— in the never-before-collected Sports Action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1949, Marvel decided to bring its successful sports pulps to the Atlas comic-book line, launching Sport Stars #1, which became Sports Action with its second issue, the same name as one of his most successful sports pulps of the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross fourteen tumultuous issues, the artistic cream of the Timely\/Atlas crop (Syd Shores, Joe Maneely, Bill Everett, Bob Powell, Gene Colan, George Tuska, Bernard Krigstein, and others) told biographical stories about sports heroes of the 1930s and 1940s in all the major sports: Knute Rockne (football), Hack Wilson (baseball), Man O’War (horse racing), Herman Sandow (physical culture), Bronco Nagurski (football), Ralph Kiner (baseball), Phil Rizzuto (baseball), Warren Spahn (baseball), Sugar Ray Robinson (boxing), Jackie Robinson (baseball), and Niles Kinnick, the 1939 Heisman Trophy winner of the Iowa Hawkeyes, among a score of others!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese never before collected stories add to the historical Timely\/Atlas tapestry, providing another window into the variety and breadth of Marvel’s early history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dr. Michael J. Vassallo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Atlas Comics Library #10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/strong\u003e416pp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.75 x 11.75 x 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e hardcover, color\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e979-8875002113 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48565376549120,"sku":"9798875002113","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/atcomlib10sports.jpg?v=1775230654","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/atlas-comics-library-no-10-sports-action","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}