(August-September 1962)

DC, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1962-06-21
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
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock
newsprint
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Oddest Man on Earth! (Table of Contents)

The Atom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]
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Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Prod. Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Oddest Man on Earth! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 12.33 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Oscar D. Dollar [Mister Odd]; Bart Tranter (villain); Jean Loring; Tim Kerr
Synopsis
Ray Palmer meets Mister Odd, who appears to be a catalyst for odd occurances.
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Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 4.67 pages.

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

Comicpac / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Giant Batman Annual; Giant Lois Lane Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Oculist... Optician... Optometrist...] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

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

Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Prisoners Who Vanished! (Table of Contents: 12)

The Atom / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Carl Ballard (villain); Chief Baxter
Synopsis
The Atom ends up foiling the plans of Carl Ballard again, even though Carl has discovered a way to use Europium for teleportation.
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Indexer Notes

References "Battle of the Tiny Titans" from Showcase #34.

You Must Not Miss These Great Issues! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Chet Atkins Method / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Norton Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Oddest Man on Earth!
    The Atom
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Prod. Corp.
  3. 2. The Oddest Man on Earth!
    The Atom
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Comicpac
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Convoy Terror
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Giant Batman Annual; Giant Lois Lane Annual
  7. 6. ["Boys and girls..."]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Giant Superman Annual
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park
  10. 9. [Oculist... Optician... Optometrist...]
    What's the Difference Between--
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamp Co.
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Inside the Atom
  13. 12. The Prisoners Who Vanished!
    The Atom
  14. 13. You Must Not Miss These Great Issues!
    Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Batman
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Chet Atkins Method
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Frontier Cabin
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Norton Products
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