The Atom #35
(February-March 1968)

DC, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-12-07
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 copyright registration.

Plight of the Pin-Up Atom! (Table of Contents)

The Atom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (sourced)
Inks
Sid Greene (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]
Reprints
Keywords
beetles; butterflies

Plight of the Pin-Up Atom! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Atom / comic story / 12.5 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited) (sourced)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited) (sourced)
Inks
Sid Greene (credited) (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Enrichetta Negrini; Smarts (villain); Chief Baxter; Jean Loring (cameo); Papa Arzoni (cameo); Mama Arzoni (cameo)
Synopsis
A criminal mastermind obsessed with collecting tries to add the Atom to his collection.
Reprints
Keywords
American primitives; bottles; collecting

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Gerry Conway, Jim Vicko, Bill Sherman, Rand B. Lee, and Irene Vartanoff.

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

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

Col. Blood Steals the Crown Jewels! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Atom / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited) (sourced)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited) (sourced)
Inks
Sid Greene (credited) (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Alpheus V. Hyatt; Talbot Edwards; Colonel Tom Blood (villain)
Synopsis
When Professor Hyatt retrieves one of the British crown jewels, the Atom travels back to the year 1671 to return it, and finds himself trying to save the entire collection from being stolen in that era.
Reprints
Keywords
England; Time Pool; time travel; Tower of London

Indexer Notes

A "Time Pool" story.

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

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

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

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

Last Day on Earth! (Table of Contents: 7)

A Demand Classic / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Sy Barry
Inks
Sy Barry
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dr. Gary Thorpe; Dorine
Synopsis
Dr. Thorpe shrinks to microscopic size so that he can marry a girl from a subatomic world.
Reprints
Keywords
shrinking; subatomic worlds

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

132 Roman Soldiers (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Plight of the Pin-Up Atom!
    The Atom
  2. 1. Plight of the Pin-Up Atom!
    The Atom
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Inside the Atom
  4. 3. ["The surprising answer is waiting for you..."]
    Superman
  5. 4. Col. Blood Steals the Crown Jewels!
    The Atom
  6. 5. ["DC's answer to Dickens 'Christmas Carol'..."]
    Teen Titans
  7. 6. ["Blazing"]
    Sgt. Rock
  8. 7. Last Day on Earth!
    A Demand Classic
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  10. 9. 132 Roman Soldiers
    Roman War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore