Previously
known as Timely Comics, Marvel Comics
of the 1950's became known to the public as Atlas Comics. This was never
the actual name of the company, but the error naturally occured because most
fifties Marvel comics had on their cover not a Marvel logo, but instead an
Atlas globe, the symbol of the company who distributed the comics.
Thanks to Jess Nevins for allowing me to use information from his excellent Golden Age Heroes Directory and his Guide to Golden Age Marvel Characters. Thanks also to Richard Boucher & Darrin Wiltshire @ PR-Publications for permission to use information from their equally brilliant collection of Golden Age Sites, PR Publications. Their knowledge of Golden Age characters far outstrips my own.
