The Atom #3

(October-November 1962)

For the Best in Comics Entertainment (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Time Trap! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Chronos [David Clinton] (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #245 (December 1971-January 1972)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #79 ([February 1973] ?)
• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([August] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 8.67 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

207 Stamps (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Nature's Prize Pupil! (Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Synopsis

Humans have managed to copy some of the best protective attributes of animals.

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated June 1958.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Strange Realm of the Atom / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If an atom of oxygen were placed...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Synopsis

Educational info about atomic energy and atoms

Reprints

• in The Atom & Hawkman (DC, 1968 series) #43 (June-July 1969)
which is reprinted
• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #186 (6 de julio de 1970)

The Last Days of Superman! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Inside the Atom / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Congratulations on the first issue of The Atom.

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Earl Dill; PFC Ellis R. McDaniels; Don Hauptman; Lew Litziner III

The Secret of "Al Atom's" Lamp! (Table of Contents: 11)

The Atom / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt (introduction); Abdul the Thief (villain); Hassan; Ayesha

Synopsis

Atom helps out Hassan, Sinbad's grandson, by pretending to be "al Atom," the genie of Sinbad's old lamp. At the end of the story, the Atom speculates that the words "al Atom's lamp" were corrupted into "Aladdin's lamp", prompting the whole Aladdin's Lamp story. [synopsis by Michael Torregrossa]

Reprints

• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([August] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Keywords

Aladdin's lamp; Time Pool; time travel

Indexer Notes

First Time Pool story

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Reward $9,985.50 (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Learn to Play Guitar the Chet Atkins Way! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Chet Atkins Method / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Frontier Cabin (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Boys, Girls, Men, Women (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)