The Atom #2

(August-September 1962)

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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

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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.

Reprints

• in Atom (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #1/1964 ([januari-februari ?] 1964)
• in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #2/1966 (1966)
• 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 two parts of 7.67 pages and 4.67 pages.

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jay Engle, David Cockrum (future comic book artist), Paul Gambaccini, Joseph Epstein, Jimmy Steele, and Gerald Harris.

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.

Reprints

• in Atom (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #1/1964 ([januari-februari ?] 1964), #1/1964 ([januari-februari ?] 1964) [förstasidan (splash page) använd som omslag]
• in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #1/1965 (1965)
• in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([August] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

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

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