The Atom
#1
(June-July 1962)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-04-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #123 (June 1962) and copyright registration.
Master of the Plant World!
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If my venus's flytrap can overcome the mighty Atom, then nothing will stand in the way of my plant-conquest of Earth!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jason Woodrue
- Reprints
-
in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([August] 2001) - in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
- in Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC, 2009 series) #2 (October 2009) which is reprinted
-
in DC Premium (Panini Deutschland, 2001 series) #70 - Justice League: Cry for Justice ([Dezember] 2010)
-
Master of the Plant World!
The Atom / comic story / 24.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll hitchhike a ride on that seed and try to stop it from smashing that plane!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Plant Master [Jason Woodrue, later Floronic Man] (intro, villain); Jean Loring; Maya
- Reprints
-
in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #34 ([April 1963]) - in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([August] 2001)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in three chapters of 8 pages, 6 pages, and 10.67 pages.
Your Pass to New Worlds!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom / letters page / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
Inside the Atom
Indexer Notes
On the two pages immediately following page 14 of the main story sequence.
Letters from: David Cockrum, Ricky McGuire, Richard West, Douglas Lowery, Paul Moslander, Joseph Sharkey, Ken Gentry, Alice Jane Corey
[no title indexed]
It's a Small World! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The total weight of the entire insect family...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #8 (December 1970-January 1971) [top tier only]
- in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #2 (April 1976) [bottom tier only]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Master of the Plant World!
The Atom -
1.
Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!
-
2.
Master of the Plant World!
The Atom -
3.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
4.
[no title indexed]
Grit Newspaper -
5.
Your Pass to New Worlds!
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom -
7.
[no title indexed]
Green Lantern -
8.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
9.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman -
10.
["The total weight of the entire insect family..."]
It's a Small World! -
11.
[no title indexed]
Junket Desserts; Salada Tea -
12.
For the Best in Comics Entertainment
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13.
[no title indexed]
Best Values Coins and Currency
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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