The Atom #15

(October-November 1964)

Smoking Is for Squares! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Paulette Breen; Bob; Bob's friends

Synopsis

Paulette Breen (real-life winner of the Palisades Amusement Park's Miss American Teenager contest) tells Bob and his friends that girls don't like guys who smoke.

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Illusions for Sale! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 11.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Sid Greene (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Dr. Ed Thayer (cameo); Chief Baxter

Synopsis

A friend of Ray Palmer accidentally invents a machine that can create powerful illusions and two criminals try to steal it for their own purposes.

Reprints

• in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #1/1966 (1966)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 3.67 pages.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

100 Magnets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (kigo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters from: Norman R. Doerner, Kenneth S. Gallagher, Vincent C. Stuart II

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

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[Dip... Immerse... Plunge...] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

Tom Nicolosi ?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Super-Safecracker Who Defied the Law! (Table of Contents: 13)

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]; The Hyper-Thief (villain); Enrichetta Negrini; Jean Loring; Chief Baxter

Synopsis

The Hyper-Thief brags to the Ivy Town police that he can travel through hyperspace and steal anything he wants=, but the Atom proves that he is a fraud.

Reprints

• in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #4/1965 (1965)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Keywords

hyperspace

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

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Trix; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.75 page (report information)

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

Scienti-Fact / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The masses of some asteroids are so small...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #109 (October 1959) [first panel only, reconfigured]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)