The Atom
#9
(October-November 1963)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-08-22
- 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.
The Atom's Phantom Double!
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]
- Reprints
-
in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003) - in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- books; telephones
Play It Safe!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Synopsis
- a day in the life of a forest ranger (billed as a "true story from the records of the Minnesota Warden Service")
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
The Atom's Phantom Double!
The Atom / comic story / 12.33 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]
- Synopsis
- A laboratory accident creates a ghostly duplicate of Ray Palmer, who wants to take the real Ray's place by destroying him.
- Reprints
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #408 (January 1972)
-
in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #77 ([October 1972] ?) -
in Batman Bimestriel (Sage - Sagédition, 1975 series) #1 (avril-mai 1975) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] - in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts of 5.67 pages and 6.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try a tongue teaser!
Indexer Notes
On the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The flashiest news of the year... a giant Flash Annual!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
House ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This coupon entitles you to free admission...
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by John DeVries, Simon Ellburger, George Pacinda, and Jerry G. Johnson.
[no title indexed]
It's a Small World! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The smallest particles which fall on earth...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #94 ([April 1964])
-
[no title indexed]
116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fight global air battles with planes of all nations
The Seaman and the Spyglass!
The Atom / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Henry Hudson; Jan Lippershey; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt
- Synopsis
- Tha Atom travels back to Holland in the year 1610 where he meets explorer Henry Hudson and Jan Lippershey, inventor of the telsscope.
- Reprints
- in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- Netherlands; Time Pool; time travel
Indexer Notes
A "Time Pool" story.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For party fun! Game of the month!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
[no title indexed]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys, girls, men, women...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers
Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed as R H)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed as R H)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Atom's Phantom Double!
The Atom -
1.
Play It Safe!
-
2.
The Atom's Phantom Double!
The Atom -
3.
["Try a tongue teaser!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["The flashiest news of the year... a giant Flash Annual!"]
The Flash -
5.
["This coupon entitles you to free admission..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
6.
["Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
7.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom -
8.
["The smallest particles which fall on earth..."]
It's a Small World! -
9.
["Fight global air battles with planes of all nations"]
116 Planes of All Nations -
10.
207 Stamps
Zenith Stamps -
11.
The Seaman and the Spyglass!
The Atom -
12.
["For party fun! Game of the month!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
13.
["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
-
14.
Blast Off
Blast Off -
15.
Task Force
Task Force -
16.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
17.
104 Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights -
18.
["Boys, girls, men, women..."]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards -
19.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers
Revolutionary War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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