The Atom & Hawkman #45

(October-November 1969)

Queen Jean, Why Must We Die? (Table of Contents: 1)

The Atom and Hawkman / comic story / 21.83 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Dick Dillin

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

S-185

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Jean Loring; Lenny Kirtman (introduction); Jimberen (introduction)

Synopsis

When Jean Loring is driven insane by alpha-wave radiation, the Atom and Hawkman investigate and travel into the microverse, where they are enslaved by aliens who have made Jean their ruler.

Reprints

• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #194 (23 de noviembre de 1970)
• in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #27 (janvier 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([September] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story across 23 pages, but pages 8 and 23 are 2/3-pages and page 16 is a 1/2-page.
Story elements regarding Jean Loring's insanity are continued in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #81.

How Can an Artist Become the World's Greatest Super Heroes? (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Presenting Four of the Greatest... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-231

Indexer Notes

Letters from Steven D. Grant (future comics writer), Mike Barr (future comics writer), Ed Erkes, Joe Jenkins, Richard Ludwig.