The Atom #36
(April-May 1968)

DC, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-02-01
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

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Duel Between the Dual Atoms! (Table of Contents)

The Atom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Colors
Jack Adler ?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Atom [Al Pratt]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Duel Between the Dual Atoms (Table of Contents: 1)

The Atom / comic story / 22 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]; Betty Roberts; Bill Roberts; Marion Thayer; Jean Loring
Synopsis
Al Pratt travels to Earth-1 to solve a scientific mystery, and finds the mystery reversed there, and his friend Ray Palmer adversely affected by it.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Story across 23 pages in two parts of 11.5 and 10.5 pages.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Tom Peyer, David Lewin, and Jeff Pierce.

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

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

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Irwin Donenfeld (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1967
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 184,100
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 201,500
Owner: 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 Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Duel Between the Dual Atoms!
    The Atom
  2. 1. Duel Between the Dual Atoms
    The Atom
  3. 2. ["The flashiest news of the year.. the 80 pg giant Flash for 1968..."]
    The Flash
  4. 3. ["The world of Anthro is coming!"]
    Anthro
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Inside the Atom
  6. 5. ["Betcha can't stop at 1"]
    Secret Six
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore