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Atomic Bomb

Like Eye Injury and Hypodermic Needle comic book art, the Atomic Bomb is a subset of Pre-Code Horror that typically commands a higher dollar value. This category focuses on Atomic Bomb related comics but it is not restricted to Pre-Comics Code Authority comics only.

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Venus #11
Non-Key
Timely ⋅ 1950
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Venus #11
 
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'End of the World' cover and story

Fire and Blast
Prize ⋅ 1952
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Fire and Blast
 
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16-page public service story informing readers of what to do during a nuclear attack

Value unknown

Black Cat Comics #35
Harvey ⋅ 1952
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Black Cat Comics #35
 
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$135
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$410
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$1.4k

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Cover art depicting a post-apocalyptic scene

Wonder Woman #95
DC ⋅ 1958
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Wonder Woman #95
 
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$35
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$90
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$350

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Cover art depicting an atomic bomb

I Saw It #1
Educomics ⋅ 1982
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I Saw It #1
 
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$8
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$25

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Graphic personal account of the Hiroshima bombing and aftereffects originally published in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1972

ENIAC #1
Bad Idea ⋅ 2021
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ENIAC #1
 
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On August 6th, 1945, the U.S. dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Only President Truman wasn't the one who gave the order...it was ENIAC

Limited distribution to 200 comic shops

Forbidden Worlds #9
ACG ⋅ 1952
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Forbidden Worlds #9
 
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$35
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$105
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$340

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Classic story about atomic warfare

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Last Gasp ⋅ 2009
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Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
 
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$115

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104-page hardcover manga collection of stories about life for a common Japanese family in the decades after the atomic bomb

First published in Weekly Manga Action

Adapted into a film titled Sakura Country

Multiple award winner including the Grand Prize for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival (2004) and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Creative Prize (2005)

World War III #1
Ace ⋅ 1952
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World War III #1
 
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$300
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$3.2k

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Cover art by Lou Cameron featuring an atomic bomb

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $3,120 [$465 in 2013] +571%

Strange Tales #3
Marvel ⋅ 1951
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Strange Tales #3
 
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$130
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$390
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$1.4k

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Interior artwork contains images of an atomic bomb

Seven Seas Comics #6
Leader ⋅ 1947
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Seven Seas Comics #6
 
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$975
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$12.5k

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Cover art by Matt Baker featuring South Sea Girl, Alani

Atomic bomb story

Superman #38
DC ⋅ 1946
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Superman #38
 
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Classic story about an atomic bomb that was originally meant to be published in Superman #34 but was delayed due to government intervention resulting from heightened security during World War II

The first page of the comic book depicts Lex Luthor unleashing a weapon of mass destruction on Superman with the following text:: Now It Can Be Told. Due to wartime censorship restrictions on subjects dealing with Atomic experiments (see Time [Magazine], Aug. 20 1945, p. 72 and Newsweek, Aug 20 1945 p. 68), this story was not previously released to the public. You'll understand why as you read about the astounding weapon that Superman's ancient foe, Luthor, turns loose against a city in..."The Battle of the Atoms!"

Atomic War! #3
Ace ⋅ 1953
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Atomic War! #3
 
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$150
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$1.5k

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Anthology of stories published in the early days of the Cold War and fear of nuclear warfare

Atomic War! #1
Ace ⋅ 1952
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Atomic War! #1
 
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Cover art by Lou Cameron depicting a nuclear attack by Russians

If An A-Bomb Falls #1
Commercial Comics ⋅ 1951
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If An A-Bomb Falls #1
 
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$160
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$1.4k

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8-page promotional comic meant to instruct Americans on how to survive a nuclear attack

Issued by the Ohio Office of Civil Defense

Topics include: identifying an impending attack, understanding different air raid sirens, how to react to the bright flash of a detonation, how to decontaminate from radioactive debris and more

Back cover displays death toll projections if a nuclear event occurs

Picture Parade #1
Gilberton ⋅ 1953
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Picture Parade #1
 
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$390
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$1.1k
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$3.9k

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Atomic bomb story: a boy lives near a bomb testing ground gets a lesson on atomic energy from scientists who found his dog after it got away and ran into a contamination zone resulting in it having to spend a few days in isolation

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