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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: Atlas Era Heroes Vol 2 (Featuring the Human Torch, Captain America,& Sub-Mariner)

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As a child little more than a toddler in the late 1950's I saw one or two Atlas Hero books in a box at an older friends house (one was a Sub-Mariner and the other was a Black Knight) and fell in love with them but she would not part with them. It wasn't until Marvel (most likely due to Roy Thomas) began reprinting the lost 1950's gems in Marvel Super Heroes that I even remembered those books.
Now with the three volumes published (and a fourth Black Knight and Yellow Claw) on the way) we have all the 1950's Atlas Heroes back in print in chronolocigal order. Volume one did all the issues of Young Men as well as Bill Everett's Marvel Boy. This volume does all the Men's Adventures and the solo books of Captain America and the Human Torch. Volume 3 collects the entire 10 issue solo run of Sub-Mariner by the great Bill Everett.
This review is for volume 2 and it is a fantastic book not to be missed. Not only do you get all the Men's Adventures with all three characters in them but you get all the very rare Captain America and Human Torch issues featuring nice art by John Romita, Dick Ayers and others.
The only drawback at all is there are only five Sub-Mariner stories (two in Men's Adventures and one each in Human Torch) and of those five only three are by Bill Everett with two by Bob Powell. However don't get me wrong this book is well worth the price. If you search out the original comics they'll cost you between $100 to $500 depending on condition each. Plus you get a excellent forward by Marvel Comics (and DC) alumni and publisher of Alter-Ego the best comics history magazine: Roy Thomas!