The Atom
#14
(August-September 1964)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-06-04
- 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.
Revolt of the Atom's Uniform!
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]
- Reprints
-
in Atom (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #5/1964 -
in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- flashlights
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Revolt of the Atom's Uniform!
The Atom / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Battling Bob Barnett
- Synopsis
- Ray Palmer discovers that the white dwarf star from which he derived his powers has turned sentient and controls his costume.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- white dwarf star
Indexer Notes
Story across 24 pages in three parts of 7.67 pages each.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tootsie Rolls go on and on...
Indexer Notes
At the bottom of page 8 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yum! Yum!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Rocky; Bullwinkle
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Silly Putty / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can have hours and hours of fun with Silly Putty
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Trix; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How's Trix? Worth shopping around for...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Trix
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the General Mills cereal. On the page between page 14 and page 15 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A single particle of electricity...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #106 (July 1959) [one panel only, reconfigured]
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #229 (March-April 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 14 and page 15 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
Indexer Notes
At the bottom of page 16 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tra la la 'tis luck to catch a leprechaun!
- Characters
- L. C. Leprechaun
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the General Mills cereal. On the page immediately following the previous sequence.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom / letters page / 0.6 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz (credited as Editor)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Jeff Sosnaud, Andy Wickstrom, and Bob Butts, with replies from Schwartz.
On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.4 page
- Script
- Irwin Donenfeld
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1963
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 249,650
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 268,450
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.
On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I like chocolate fudge best!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
100 Pc. Toy Soldiers Set
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set
Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath
- Inks
- Russ Heath
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
204 Pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set
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
- ?
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Revolt of the Atom's Uniform!
The Atom -
1.
["Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park"]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
2.
Revolt of the Atom's Uniform!
The Atom -
3.
["Tootsie Rolls go on and on..."]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Yum! Yum!"]
Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle -
5.
["You can have hours and hours of fun with Silly Putty"]
Silly Putty -
6.
["How's Trix? Worth shopping around for..."]
Trix; Trix Rabbit -
7.
["A single particle of electricity..."]
Scienti-Fact -
8.
["What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
9.
["Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."]
-
10.
["Tra la la 'tis luck to catch a leprechaun!"]
L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms -
11.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom -
12.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
13.
["I like chocolate fudge best!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
14.
100 Pc. Toy Soldiers Set
100 Toy Soldiers -
15.
132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set
Roman War Soldiers -
16.
204 Pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
17.
["Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!"]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
18.
["Boys, girls, men, women..."]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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