Never to underestimate a trend, Atlas produced 3 imitations of MAD within months of the comic’s first issue - Crazy, Wild and Riot (3 titles) which saw 1st issues in December 1953, February 1954 and April 1954 - followed by Snafu later on. Atlas was the only company to produce more than 1 MAD imitation.

Panel Breakouts Episode 005: Venus (1948)

Unstable Molecules is a podcast dedicated to exploring the origins of the Marvel Comics Universe. Beginning in the 1950s with the comics, creators and company who went on to establish Marvel, Unstable Molecules focuses mainly on the period between 1961 and 1968 when the Marvel Comics Universe was established. Characters like Spider-man, Hulk, Thor, Ant-man and the Fantastic Four are discussed along with artists and writers such as Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and Stan Lee. As Stan would say: "Excelsior!"