{"product_id":"atlas-comics-library-hc-no-02-venus-vol-2-mr","title":"ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY HC NO 02 VENUS VOL 2 (MR)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL ORDER ITEM\u003c\/strong\u003e — This item is not stocked in our store. It is ordered in from our distributor after you purchase it, and additional shipping is required.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the late 1940s, the first half of the Venus series from Marvel Comics predecessors Timely and Atlas Comics was published as a lighthearted romance comic about the goddess Venus taking a job on Earth at a beauty magazine. Never a company to miss a trend, Atlas began introducing more science fiction elements in the 1950s, and eventually turned Venus’ dating adventures into a straight-out horror anthology.Collected here, 70 years later and for the first time ever, is that swift-changing second half of the 19-issue run. Future Marvel stars Bill Everett (seven issues) and Werner Roth (three issues) take Venus to heights of four-color weirdness and pre-Code horror ghastliness. Everett in particular is given free rein and seizes the opportunity: writing, drawing, and lettering twenty ghoulish and goofy masterpieces, including classics like \"Hangman's House,\" \"The Day Venus Vanished,\" \"The Ho\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(W) Dr. Michael J Vassallo (A\/CA) Bill Everett\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/runeworkscomics.myshopify.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/902f9e0b-9bf0-48b2-a5cd-5ebcf07e6b94_4f0ce7c1-dad6-4447-b796-a88faeebe946.png?v=1773693174\u0026amp;width=750\"\u003e","brand":"Lunar \/ Universal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54366241358192,"sku":"0224FB359","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/2318\/6800\/files\/0224FB359.jpg?v=1790306026","url":"https:\/\/runeworkscomics.com\/products\/atlas-comics-library-hc-no-02-venus-vol-2-mr","provider":"RUNE WORKS COMICS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}