I finished reading about Iron Man, but the book said something about comics from two other former companies that ultimately became the one we know well today, including the old and classic Captain America comics back then.
Does anybody know where I can read about this?
I use Hoopla, but they don’t have it and your answers may vary depending on your input.
I may also use Nook by Barnes & Noble.
Timely was what published “Marvel Comics” back in the 40s. There is an Omnibus of mostly the Simon and Kirby stuff:
Daring Mystery Comics #1-3 and #6-8
Red Raven Comics #1
Marvel Mystery Comics #12-25
Human Torch Comics #2
Captain America Comics #1-10
All-winners Comics (1941) #1-2
Usa Comics #1-3
Young Allies Comics #1
Mystic Comics (1941) #7The trick with Atlas is there are TWO of them.
The original Atlas, in the 1950s, is what Stan Lee would turn into Marvel Comics. Fantagraphics has reprints in both Print and Kindle:
“Our first volume, Adventures Into Terror, includes a treasure trove of stories drawn by many of the most stylistically accomplished artists of the Golden Age including George Tuska, Carl Burgos, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Maneely, and Joe Sinnott. Highlights include Russ Heath’s two-part story “The Brain” from issue #4 and “Return of the Brain” from issue #6; Basil Wolverton’s classic “Where Monsters Dwell” from issue #7; Gene Colan’s moody “House of Horror” in issue #3; and Don Rico’s wild layouts are on display from #4’s “The Torture Room.” The stories are written firmly in the tradition of the pulpy, perverse, borderline deranged style that brought Fredric Wertham, the United States Senate Sub-Committee, and public opinion down like a sledgehammer on comics in the early ‘50s."
In the 70s, one of the former Timely/Marvel business guys launched Atlas Comics, that was really only notable for how awful they were. Still, some interesting early work from Howard Chaykin and Pat Broderick.
Unfortunately a lot of that stuff is hit and miss. For Captain America Comics specifically, Marvel has released reprinted and digital copies of issues 1-20 then 76-78. To read 21-75 you have to either get a hold of physical copies (very expensive) or pirate them (where many of the scans are poor quality).
For the ones available digitally, Marvel Unlimited is probably the best option. For not-technically-legal scans I personally used https://readcomiconline.li/ but I know other people don’t like their UI (and I think the ads can be pretty bad but I use an ad blocker that seems to cut it all out)
