{"product_id":"the-atlas-comics-library-no-13-witness-to-crime","title":"The Atlas Comics Library No. 13: Witness to Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis double helping of Atlas crime features the complete runs of \u003cem\u003eThe Witness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCaught\u003c\/em\u003e. The Witness is always watching and the criminal is always caught in these two anthology titles filled with strange and deadly tales of bad choices and dark alleyways.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\nIn 1948, Marvel’s Timely Comics mixed Street \u0026amp; Smith’s \u003cem\u003eShadow \u003c\/em\u003ewith radio’s \u003cem\u003eMysterious Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e and relaunched an earlier Golden Age costumed crime fighter as the publisher’s own omniscient narrator of darkly ironic stories of urban corruption: The Witness!\n\u003cp\u003eAcross eight action-packed stories (including a very early entry by future Marvel star Gene Colan),\u003cem\u003eThe Witness\u003c\/em\u003espun tales of greed, death, and comeuppance such as “With Intent to Kill!” “The Million Dollar Man-Trap!” “Diamond of Destiny!” and “Fate Fixed a Fight!” Also seen here are three rarely seen earlier Witness stories from Timely’s \u003cem\u003eMystic Comics\u003c\/em\u003e in 1941-42.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaught\u003c\/em\u003e (1956-57) presented five issues of brisk, suspenseful morality tales behind John Severin covers, with interior art by the cream of the Atlas crop, including Joe Maneely, John Romita, Angelo Torres, Mort Drucker, Bernard Krigstein, Reed Crandall, Syd Shores, Don Heck, and Bernard Bailey. Stories include “The Betrayer!”, “One is a Coward!”, Ruthless!”, “Man on the Run!”, “The Spider Strikes!”, and “Dead End!.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnseen for nearly 75 years and never before reprinted,\u003cem\u003eThe Witness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCaught\u003c\/em\u003e are historical cross-sections of two distinct periods of Marvel’s long crime comics history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bernard Krigstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":52376279875830,"sku":"9798875004568","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0322\/7339\/9944\/files\/ATLAS_13_Witness_to_Crime_SOLICITATION_COVER_8997e513-e760-4d04-83f6-c0ac69bff01b.jpg?v=1794439507","url":"https:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/products\/the-atlas-comics-library-no-13-witness-to-crime","provider":"Fantagraphics ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}