The Atom #29

(February-March 1967)

The Thinker's Earth-Shaking Robberies! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Atom / comic story / 21.5 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]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Thinker (villain); Cheryl Drake; Jean Loring; Artie Perkins; Alicia Perkins

Synopsis

The Thinker discovers a way to travel to Earth-1 to commit crimes and then safely return to Earth-2 but the Atoms of both worlds team up to stop him.

Reprints

• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #27
• in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #8 (décembre 1972)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([May] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)

Keywords

Earth-2; soap operas

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

There are 23 numbered pages, but half-page house ads on pages numbered 8, 18, and 23.

Even the Enemy Voted... (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Sgt. Rock's 6 Battle Stars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

You Call This a Team-Up? (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Batman; Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Peace on Earth (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Synopsis

the words "peace on earth" translated into many different languages

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

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

public service announcement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff ?

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number

1

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whoa! Sure, you're eager to get your favorite DC magazine...

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

advice about safely crossing the street

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Earl Krizek, Ed Caster, Steven Carlberg, Irene Vartanoff, John Webber, and David Wasinger.

The Chips Are Down... (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Batman and Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Holy Pin-Ups! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number

6480

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why are you heating the screwdriver over the candle?

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Daniel Griffis of Medford, Massachusetts

[End... Finish... Outcome...] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi ?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

non-fiction

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

Inside the Atom -- Extra / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Randy McBurnett and John Daly.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1966
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 232,850
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 262,623
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, Sonia Mondschein, all at 575 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022

Out of the Dim and Misty Days of the Past (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)