{"id":775,"date":"2009-06-12T19:51:50","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T00:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=775"},"modified":"2009-06-12T19:51:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-13T00:51:50","slug":"golden-age-reprints-marvel-masterworks-journey-into-mystery-volume-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/12\/golden-age-reprints-marvel-masterworks-journey-into-mystery-volume-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age Reprints &#8211; Marvel Masterworks Journey Into Mystery, Volume 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of the Golden Age of Comic Books in the mid-1950&#8217;s, Atlas (later Marvel Comics) continued to publish pre-code horror in the pages of <em>Journey Into Mystery<\/em>.\u00a0 While the stories in <em>Journey Into Mystery<\/em> were generally fair, the title featured the work of many notable artists from the Golden Age.\u00a0 In continuing their reprinting of many of their Atlas titles, Marvel has published <em>Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery<\/em>, volume 2 in the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_777\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/jimmasterworksv2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-777\" title=\"Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery, V. 2 (2009)\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/jimmasterworksv2-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery, V. 2 (2009)\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/jimmasterworksv2-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/jimmasterworksv2-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/jimmasterworksv2.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery, V. 2 (2009)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This volume features all of the stories from <em>Journey Into Mystery<\/em> 11-20 (August 1953 through December 1954).\u00a0 The covers are by Russ Heath (#11), Carl Burgos (3s 13, 18, 20), Gene Colan (#14), Sol Brodsky (#s 15, 17, 19)\u00a0and Harry Anderson (#16).\u00a0 The stories feature the work of many different artists including Russ Heath, George Tuska, Dick Briefer, George Roussos, Dick Ayers, Harry Anderson, Vince Colleta and many others.\u00a0 As mentioned, most of the stories are fair, but the art by so many Golden Age greats is\u00a0nice to see.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction to the book is by noted Atlas expert Dr. Michael J. 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