{"product_id":"atlas-comics-library-no-11-spy-cases","title":"Atlas Comics Library No. 11: Spy Cases [PRE-ORDER 10\/20]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOT YET AVAILABLE. Pre-order now. This title is scheduled to arrive on October 20, 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\u003eCollected for the first time, the secret agents in Marvel’s spy comics from the 1950s keep Cold War America safe from Red agents and saboteurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortly after launching his men’s adventure line of comic books in 1949 (and just before he published his first war title), Atlas publisher Martin Goodman found, in the middle ground between crime and men’s adventure, the sneakier, conspiratorial sub-genre of spy comics. The first title was Spy Cases (soon followed by Spy Fighters and Kent Blake of the Secret Service) and the contents were Cold War noir stories, as Doug Grant, Secret Agent, protected America’s interests, fighting commies from behind the Iron Curtain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLed by superlative action\/adventure artwork by Al Hartley (later Bill Savage) and supported by Atlas titans including Gene Colan, Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Jerry Robinson and Joe Maneely, America ferrets out sinister threats in thrillers like: “The Traitor!,” “Discs of Death,” “Frame-Up in Red,” and “The Case of the Missing B-29!”?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll spy comics had healthy runs and by 1952, the Korean War made its presence felt in every adventure title. Patriotic, but also subtler, darker and more sinister than the familiar costumed hero titles, the spy genre is a little-seen aspect of Marvel’s deep history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Atlas Comics Library No. 11: Spy Cases is part of the Atlas Comics series.\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 #11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/strong\u003e304pp\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 October 20, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e979-8875002113 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49030714884352,"sku":null,"price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/atlascl11spy.jpg?v=1784481005","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/atlas-comics-library-no-11-spy-cases","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}