Atlas Comics (also known as Seaboard) has a weird but brief history. The company was started in 1974 by Martin Goodman, the man who took Marvel to the top of the pile. Having sold Marvel for millions, he was ready to walk away, with his son Chip Goodman ensconced as editorial director at the “House of Ideas.” When Stan Lee fired Chip, some believe, Martin took his money and began the rival company, giving it the nickname “Vengeance Inc.”
Goodman’s policy was simple: Copy everything Marvel. Steal their ideas, steal their people, with higher pay and creator’s rights. This included their successful sword-and-sorcery title, Conan the Barbarian, which became two titles: Ironjaw by Michael Fleisher and Wulf the Barbarian by Larry Hama. Despite the fact that both Ironjaw and Wulf were wandering barbarian/princes, the two comics were as different as their underlying philosophies.
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