The Atom #12

(April-May 1964)

The Golden Rule (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Bob Hope

Synopsis

The Golden Rule is universal.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated April 1967.

Danger -- Atom-Gun at Work! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 12.34 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Sid Greene (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Enrichetta Negrini

Synopsis

A nameless criminal with scientific knowledge discovers a way to imprison the Atom in a laser weapon and use him to power it.

Reprints

• in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #2/1965 (1965)
• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Keywords

laser

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 4.67 pages.

Who Is the Flaming Avenger? (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Cave Carson; Showcase / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The amount of space occupied by an electron...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

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

Dash Out of Your Foxholes! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

104 Cars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Electrifying Announcement! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters from: Leonard J. Tirado, Andy Wickstrom, Paul Feola

The Gold Hunters of '49! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Atom / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Sid Greene (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Edgar Allan Poe; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt; Charles Barr

Synopsis

The Atom travels back to the year 1849 where he encounters Edgar Allan Poe and helps solve a mysterious gold robbery.

Reprints

• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #439 (February-March 1974)
• in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #118 ([February 1975] ?)
• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Keywords

Baltimore; Time Pool; time travel

Indexer Notes

A "Time Pool" story.

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

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

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

Fighting Ships / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)