CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Volume 9

Danger: Men Without Fear -- secret agents, spies, espionage, intrigue -- even a marijuana story! Comic Media stalwart Pete Morisi was featured in Dan Nobel’s  all-star collection Art In Time where he is praised for his “highly economical and even refined comic book storytelling --” not unlike the style of Alex Toth, who probably was a profound influence on Pete. The other main artist here is Don Heck, who in 1955 would be recruited by Stan Lee to Atlas Comics, later to become a mainstay on Marvel's early titles. Don Heck became one of the architects of what became known as "The Marvel Age of Comics," along with Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and Dick Ayers; he was the primary artist on Iron Man from nearly the beginning. The combined talents of Pete and Don make this 1950s five-comic set a winner. At Comic Media, he was their primary artist; his startling covers for Horrific and their other pre-code titles are today highly prized.