The Atom
#7
(June-July 1963)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-04-11
- 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 (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Case of the Cosmic Camera!
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]
- Reprints
-
in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #67 -
in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003) - in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- aliens; cameras; flying saucers
Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Alvin learns that it's hard to get a good job if you don't finish school, and decides against dropping out.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated November 1963.
The Case of the Cosmic Camera!
The Atom / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall] (cameo); Chief Baxter; Jean Loring; Thanagarians; Thalens (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Atom and Hawkman are working on separate cases when their paths cross, and each is able to help the other.
- Reprints
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #67
- in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
- in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
First Atom team-up with Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
Story across 25 pages in three parts of 7.67 pages, 8.67 pages, and 7.67 pages.
[Decrease... Diminish... Dwindle...]
What's the Difference Between / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
It's a Small World! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The asteroids -- an estimated 44,000 small planet-like bodies...
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 17 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Richard West, Paul Gambaccini, Robert Malisani, Robert Butts, Doug Storer, Ed Ahrens.
On the two pages immediately preceding page 18 of the main story sequence.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Case of the Cosmic Camera!
The Atom -
1.
Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
-
2.
The Case of the Cosmic Camera!
The Atom -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
The Swing Is to DC!
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5.
[Decrease... Diminish... Dwindle...]
What's the Difference Between -
6.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
7.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
8.
["The asteroids -- an estimated 44,000 small planet-like bodies..."]
It's a Small World! -
9.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom -
10.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
11.
[no title indexed]
Missile Attack -
12.
[no title indexed]
104 Kings' Knights -
13.
["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
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14.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers
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