I've frequently used this blog to discuss my love of Marvel Comics' 'Atlas Age' (comics published when the company was called Atlas) and Bellman was one of the few remaining creators from that era - he and Marvel went back all the way to 1943! Most of his work was done on one-page stories (notably the recurring 'Let's Play Detective' feature) but he worked on tales of all types and in all genres. He left Marvel after 1955 and spent much of his life outside the sphere of comics, but around 1998 Dr. Michael J. Vassallo rediscovered him and he began visiting comic book conventions, reminiscing about his days at Marvel and even reuniting with fellow Marvel veterans.
The Horrors of It All has a number of his Atlas horror stories on their blog: click this link to see what they have. I was fortunate enough to meet Bellman in passing during my one-and-only trip to San Diego Comic-Con in 2009. And now, like so many of the greats I met at that event, he's passed on. Rest in peace, Allen Bellman.
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