The Atom #6

(April-May 1963)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Riddle of the Two-Faced Astronaut! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 12.67 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; Wizardo the Great; Chief Baxter; Peter Venner; Howard Crane (villain)

Synopsis

Ray Palmer's old friend Wizardo uses an assistant dressed as an astronaut in his magic act, but when it appears that the astronaut is using the magic act as a cover for burglary the Atom must figure out the truth.

Reprints

• in Gil Kane: The Art of the Comics (Hermes Press, 2001 series) (2001)
• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Keywords

stage magic

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 6 pages and 6.67 pages.

Missile Attack! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Inside the Atom / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Robert Butts, John Page, Doug Storer, Doug Desgeorges, Jack Kirkness, and Buddy Saunders (future member of The Texas Trio, publisher of Star Studded Comics).

[Midget... Dwarf... Pygmy...] (Table of Contents: 6)

What's the Difference Between / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

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

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Highwayman and the Mighty Mite! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Atom / comic story / 11.67 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]; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt; Dick Turpin [Tom Palmer] (villain); Black Bess; Lady Jane de la Mare; Tom King

Synopsis

The Atom travels through Professor Hyatt's Time Pool to the year 1739. where he learns that an ancestor of his was the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin.

Reprints

• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Keywords

Hampstead Heath; highwaymen; London; Time Pool; time travel

Indexer Notes

a "Time Pool" story

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Salute to Our Fellow Citizens of Puerto Rico! (Table of Contents: 10)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

Morris Waldinger ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Synopsis

information about the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and brief profiles of famous people from there

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

104 Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)