The Atom
#13
(June-July 1964)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-04-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Our Fighting Forces #84 and copyright registration.
Weapon Watches of the Time-Wise Guy!
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Chronos [David Clinton]
- Reprints
-
in Atom (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #6/1964 -
in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003) - in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
Are You a Good Neighbor?
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- The boys learn a lesson about littering.
- Keywords
- litterbugs
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Weapon Watches of the Time-Wise Guy!
The Atom / comic story / 14.33 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Anton Teljas; Jason Thrower; Eva Teljas; Jean Loring; Chronos [David Clinton] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Chronos escapes from prison and plans to steal a number of clocks made by the artist Anton Teljas which have priceless jewels inside.
- Reprints
-
in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #4/1966 ([november] 1966) - in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 6.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch for the first Superboy 80 page annual!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1, on sale April 23.
At the bottom of page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's new? The "new look" in Batman and Detective Comics!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for the "New Look" Batman; includes cover art from Batman (DC, 1949 series) #164 and Detective Comics (DC, 1928 series) #327 (first issues under new editor Julius Schwartz).
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
It's a Small World! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A kangaroo at birth...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Tarzan (DC, 1972 series) #225 (November 1973) [feature changed]
-
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
I -- Spy! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Emerging from his cloak of shadows
- Genre
- spy
Indexer Notes
house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #50
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Sal Iacopelli, Paul Feoloa, Robert Malisani, and Bob Jacobs.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Prominences of the sun often shoot out...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #94 (July 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
I Accuse Ray Palmer -- of Robbery!
The Atom / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Fred Norton (villain); Billy the Wheel (villain)
- Synopsis
- Ray Palmer is present at the robbery of several rare coins, and later he is accused of being an accomplice of the thieves, so the Atom must clear his own name.
- Reprints
-
in The Hundred Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 ? series) #95 ([September 1964]) - in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #3/1966 ([august] 1966)
- in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
[no title indexed]
The Flash; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two trail-blazing heroes...
- Genre
- superhero
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park
126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos
126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos / advertisement / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Weapon Watches of the Time-Wise Guy!
The Atom -
1.
Are You a Good Neighbor?
-
2.
Weapon Watches of the Time-Wise Guy!
The Atom -
3.
["Watch for the first Superboy 80 page annual!"]
Superboy -
4.
["What's new? The "new look" in Batman and Detective Comics!"]
Batman -
5.
["A kangaroo at birth..."]
It's a Small World! -
6.
["Emerging from his cloak of shadows"]
I -- Spy! -
7.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom -
8.
["Prominences of the sun often shoot out..."]
Amazing Ratios! -
9.
["Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."]
-
10.
I Accuse Ray Palmer -- of Robbery!
The Atom -
11.
["Two trail-blazing heroes..."]
The Flash; Green Lantern -
12.
["Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park"]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
13.
100 Magnets
100 Magnets -
14.
126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos
126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos -
15.
["Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method..."]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System -
16.
Fighting Ships
Fighting Ships
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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