The Atom #7

(June-July 1963)

Not Wanted: High School Dropouts! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

Alvin learns that it's hard to get a good job if you don't finish school, and decides against dropping out.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated November 1963.

The Case of the Cosmic Camera! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 24 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]; Chief Baxter; Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Jean Loring; Thanagarians; Thalens (villains)

Synopsis

The Atom and Hawkman are working on separate cases when their paths cross, and each is able to help the other.

Reprints

• in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #67
• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

First Atom team-up with Hawkman and Hawkgirl.

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 7.67 pages, 8.67 pages, and 7.67 pages.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Swing Is to DC! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[Decrease... Diminish... Dwindle...] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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

It's a Small World! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

Tom Nicolosi ?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The asteroids -- an estimated 44,000 small planet-like bodies...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 17 of the main story sequence.

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Inside the Atom

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Richard West, Paul Gambaccini, Robert Malisani, Robert Butts, Doug Storer, Ed Ahrens.

On the two pages immediately preceding page 18 of the main story sequence.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

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

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)