1974! ATLAS SHRUGGED, Part 1

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Industry, Comic Books, Rob Liefeld, Visual Arts, Arts, Comics, Comic Artists, Books

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Did the owner of Marvel Comics really start a rival comic company after feeling betrayed by Stan Lee? Did he assemble top flight creators to launch his new label? Neal Adams! Steve Ditko! Wally Wood! Howard Chaykin! Larry Hama! The saga of Atlas Comics demands your attention!

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0:00.0	Today we explore that exciting period where the owner of Marvel Comics actually started a rival company, a rival comic company,
0:24.2	because he was upset with how he was treated after he sold Marvel Comics.
0:29.7	Yes, this happened.
0:32.0	This guy got the best comic book talent, the biggest names.
0:36.5	He paid them twice as much.
0:38.1	He set up a rival company to compete with Marvel.
0:42.1	Exciting new talents.
0:43.3	Exciting new titles.
0:44.5	I was there.
0:45.2	I was grabbing them off the spinner rack.
0:47.7	As a child, 1974 is chock full of incredible history
0:52.7	and incredible lessons that we are going to explore today
0:55.5	with the history of Atlas Comics on an all-new Robeservations.
1:04.5	Hey, everybody.
1:05.8	Welcome to another edition of Rob Observations.
1:08.9	I am your host, Rob Lefeldeld. I have written, produced,
1:13.3	illustrated, published, even printed the comic books over my 37 year career in this amazing
1:21.8	business. Robeservation exists to connect all of the chords that unite pop culture and comic books.
1:33.3	All of the extensions that connect.
1:36.3	The toys on the toy shelf, the video games, the console games, the digital downloadable games.
1:40.9	I mean, there's app games.
1:41.9	Everything has superheroes, superheroes, DC, Marvel, independent characters. You got
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