Atlas/Seaboard September 1975.

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It's a calamity worthy of Atlas Comics themselves!

As Sean rightly pointed out; last month, I forgot to look at the September comings and goings of the greatest comics publisher of 1970s!

But, right now, is where I put that right!

The company's best barbarian reaches his fourth and final issue, with what looks to be a dramatic battle with something or other.

I do know this tale's called Death-Night in the Darkling Forest! and it's brought to us by the nocturnal majesty of Mike Friedrich and Jim Craig.

But, apparently, they're not the only ones involved, because the story has four inkers; Dan Adkins, Pablo Marcos, Frank Giacoia and Aubrey Bradford. I can only assume that's because it's so awesome that only the combined power of four delineators could possibly restrain it.

Regardless, it's followed by the single-page Larry Lieber editorial What's Happening With Atlas!

I've not read that but, having encountered the contents of earlier such articles, I suspect it'll be about the great plans the company has for the future as it soars to ever greater heights.

The GCD informs me that 267,000 copies of this issue were printed, including 15,000 for the UK market. All of this month's Atlas comics seem to have had the same size print-run.

Unlike Wulf, Tiger-Man hasn't yet reached his fourth issue.

Like Wulf, however, he has reached his last issue.

And he does so by battling a mad psychotherapist who uses his powers of hypnosis to make his patients kill themselves.

Fortunately, his attempts to do the same to our hero completely fail. Mostly due to dumb luck rather than any traits that hero actually has.

With all these deaths of short-lived titles, one might think it's all doom and gloom for the company.

But it's not.

Even as we experience the demise of those other mags, a brand new contender appears to steer the company towards a safe, secure and thrilling future.

That mag is Demon-Hunter and, thanks to the work of Rich Buckler and David Anthony Kraft, its titular star finds himself up against The Harvester of Eyes! which, from that title, sounds like a relaxing tale.

I know little of the contents of this one but I do know it'll be the only issue of this comic ever produced.

Or will it?

Or will Kraft and Buckler sneakily transfer the character across to Marvel Comics by renaming him Devil-Slayer?