The Atom #11
(February-March 1964)

DC, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-12-12
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.

Trouble at the Ten-Year Club! (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]; Jack Archer
Reprints

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Trouble at the Ten-Year Club! (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]; Jack Archer (villain)
Synopsis
A crooked former student at Ivy University develops an ingenious way to pull off an "impossible" theft.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 4.67 pages.

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

The Flash; Justice League / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Special Christmas Quiz "Christmas in Many Lands!" (Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
non-fiction; advocacy
Synopsis
short descriptions of global Christmas customs

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly; previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated February 1955.

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.

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

Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Summary... Digest... Synopsis...] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
non-fiction

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

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Robert Malisani, William Reed, Dan Deranleau, and Larry Brown.

Voyage to Beyond! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Sid Greene (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Kathis (villain); Anton (villain); Santh (villain)
Synopsis
Ray Palmer is aboard an ocean cruise with Jean Loring when she and all the other passengers vanish, only to be replaced by duplicates from the other-dimensional world of Randath.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Randathians claim to have been behind the disappearance of the passengers of two famous ships, the Mary Celeste (1872) and the Joyita (1955).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Irwin Donenfeld (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1963
No circulation information given.
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld, Irwin Donenfeld, Sonia Iger, J.S. Liebowitz; P.H. Sampliner, S.U. Sampliner, Harry Donenfeld Foundation, Inc. all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.
Revised statement including circulation numbers appears in the Aug-Sept. issue (#14).

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

3 Battle Stars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

132 Roman Soldiers (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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

Robert Edwards Gym Equipment / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Amazing Circus of 6 Growing Animals (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Growing Animal Circus / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Trouble at the Ten-Year Club!
    The Atom
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. Trouble at the Ten-Year Club!
    The Atom
  4. 3. ["For the very best in comics reading"]
    The Flash; Justice League
  5. 4. 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
  6. 5. ["Now! Exciting triangle and diamond sets..."]
    Zenith Stamps
  7. 6. Special Christmas Quiz "Christmas in Many Lands!"
  8. 7. ["Dash out of your foxholes!"]
    Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales
  9. 8. ["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
  10. 9. [Summary... Digest... Synopsis...]
    What's the Difference Between
  11. 10. ["75 'Matchbox' models only 49¢ each!"]
    Matchbox Models
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Inside the Atom
  13. 12. Voyage to Beyond!
    The Atom
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
  15. 14. ["Save him -- or kill him!"]
    3 Battle Stars
  16. 15. 132 Roman Soldiers
    Roman War Soldiers
  17. 16. ["Boys, men, build, develop mighty muscles"]
    Robert Edwards Gym Equipment
  18. 17. Amazing Circus of 6 Growing Animals
    Growing Animal Circus
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