Best Selling Books by Gene Colan

With occasional help from his beloved Nita van Sloan, Richard Wentworth, a.k.a. the Spider, works to exterminate villains while evading capture by Police Commissioner Stanley Kirkpatrick.

Atlas holds a special place among aficionados of the genre, producing more horror titles and issues by far, than anyone in the industry. While the quality of EC''s six horror/sci-fi titles was unsurpassed with their elite cadre of talent, Atlas was the equivalent of the B-movies studio, churning out anywhere from 8 to 12 different horror titles a month, giving a wider array of artists, including some of the best craftsmen of the era, a chance to show off their talents: in addition to those already mentioned, future volumes will include Bill Everett, John Romita, Bernie Krigstein, Jerry Robinson, Harry Anderson, and Matt Fox. Stories from Marvel''s Atlas line have barely been reprinted.