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The fifth stand-alone genre-themed collection in Fantagraphics’ archival series of mid-century Marvel Comics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore focusing on tales of justice via superheroes under the Marvel banner, the publisher covered ground-level crime across a range of comics titles and true-crime magazines. Under the Timely imprint from 1947, and Atlas from 1951, up to eleven graphic series including \u003ci\u003eJustice Comics, Official True Crime Cases, All-True Crime, Crime Cases, Crime Can't Win, Crime Must Lose\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrime Exposed\u003c\/i\u003e all muscled each other and competitors for space on the newsstands.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first crime-themed volume in Fantagraphics' ongoing project to restore and resurrect pre-Marvel pulp classics, the Atlas Library has selected a book that debuted as the genre peaked, just before a Senate hearing and the institution of the Comics Code banned the use of the word \"Crime\" from even appearing in a comic's title. Escaping that fate, \u003ci\u003ePolice Action\u003c\/i\u003e had a seven-issue run of violent and noir-ish morality plays, pitting the officers of the law against the forces of urban malevolence, and was produced by the cream of the Atlas freelance roster, including Joe Maneely, Robert Q. Sale, Gene Colan, Art Peddy, Mort Lawrence, Werner Roth and Bob Powell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRounding the volume off, also presented is a post-Code one-shot, \u003ci\u003ePolice Badge #479\u003c\/i\u003e, a snapshot of the industry's attempts to adapt to new strictures on the genre: here we view \"our boys in blue\" in the fight against rank corruption, highlighting the work of Don Heck and Joe Maneely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Maneely\u003c\/b\u003e (1926–1958) blazed a trail through Marvel’s 1950s comic books that is unsurpassed in both quantity and quality. Maneely was revered as a lightning-fast talent, and he launched most of Marvel’s character features during that time, excelling at every genre — westerns, horror, humor, and war. He is best remembered today for his signature character, The Black Knight. Maneely’s career was tragically cut short in June 1958 when, at the age of 32, he accidentally fell between the cars of a moving commuter train.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEugene Jules Colan\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-2011) illustrated many war comics for both Timely\/Atlas and DC Comics. He flourished after Atlas became Marvel, with notable stints plotting and drawing on \u003ci\u003eDaredevil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaptain America\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1960s, before co-authoring \u003ci\u003eHoward The Duck\u003c\/i\u003e with Steve Gerber and \u003ci\u003eTomb of Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e with Marv Wolfman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-1967) first made his mark in pulp comics for Fiction House and the Eisner \/ Iger studio, where he was a prolific artist on “Sheena the Jungle Queen.” He carried on to Will Eisner’s solo shop, where Powell co-wrote the first “Blackhawk” story and wrote \u0026amp; drew “Mr. Mystic” for the weekly newspaper insert \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Section\u003c\/i\u003e. During the 1950s, he freelanced for Atlas, Fawcett, Harvey, Street and Smith’s Shadow Comics, and many more. From 1961 until his death, he worked as the art director for Joe Simon’s satirical \u003ci\u003eSick\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, with other freelance work including several Marvel superhero stories, and penciling the art for Topps’ famed \u003ci\u003eMars Attacks\u003c\/i\u003e series of trading cards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Michael J. Vassallo\u003c\/b\u003e is a noted historian on Marvel's early pulp, Timely and Atlas periods. A Manhattan dentist, he spends his free time attempting to bring recognition to artistic creators of the 1940's and 1950's. He has also written introductions to 20 Timely and Atlas Masterworks volumes, dissecting the credits for posterity and providing historical context, as well as writing the detailed captions to the first 210 pages of Taschen's \u003ci\u003e75 Years of Marvel\u003c\/i\u003e coffee table book. 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