The Atom #3

(October-November 1962)

For the Best in Comics Entertainment (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

various (illustrations)

Inks:

various (illustrations)

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; house ad for DC comics

The Time Trap! (Table of Contents)

Atom / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

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 DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-7 (December-January 1972)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #79 ([February 1973] ?)
• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([June] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)

Nature's Prize Pupil! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

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

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated June 1958.

["If an atom of oxygen were placed..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn ?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

educational info about atomic energy and atoms

The Last Days of Superman! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #156

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

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)

Atom / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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

Keywords:

Aladdin's lamp; Time Pool; time travel

Indexer Notes

first Time Pool story