The Atom
#17
(February-March 1965)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-12-03
- 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 (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Batman #169 and copyright registration.
Case of the Hooded Hijackers!
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Only a fraction of a second left to break free of the grip of this sticky tar or--squash!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]
- Reprints
-
in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #97 (1 de septiembre de 1967) -
in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- tires
Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Great scott!
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superboy
- Synopsis
- Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.
Indexer Notes
The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously published in DC comics cover-dated July 1954.
Case of the Hooded Hijackers!
The Atom / comic story / 13.33 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't know how Jean Loring knew these hooded robbers would loot the Fuller Jewelry Store tonight--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The "Highbrow" Dillon Gang (villains); Jean Loring; Bullets Andrews (villain); Hooded Hijackers (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Atom and Jean Loring become embroiled in a struggle between rival criminal gangs.
- Reprints
-
in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #48 (Circa August 1965) -
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #4 (avril 1967) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]] - in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #97 (1 de septiembre de 1967)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story in two parts of 5.67 pages and 7.67 pages.
Whose Face Does the Enemy See in His Smoking Sights?
G. I. Joe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #54.
At the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Silly Putty / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Silly Putty is always fun!
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
Coming Your Way in '65- The Greatest Superman Products Ever!
advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Superman (cameo)
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Batman; The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
[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 from: Sal Iacopelli, Paul Bakulski, Bob Butts, Sherman Howard, and Ronald Myers.
Jules Verne's Crystal Ball!
The Atom / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At all costs, I must save that man from harm -- and learn the secret of his crystal ball!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jules Verne; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt
- Synopsis
- The Atom travels back to the year 1888 and helps writer Jules Verne recover the crystal ball of Nostradamus from a gang of thieves.
- Reprints
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #97 (1 de septiembre de 1967)
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #15 (1970) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- Nostradamus; Time Pool; time travel
Indexer Notes
A "Time Pool" story. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Missile Attack! / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Make all our war in your own home...
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
80 Page Giant Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Joe Kubert (illustrations)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye; Sheldon Moldoff ?; Joe Kubert (illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Readers... The most sensational bargains in thrilling stories today...
Indexer Notes
House ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #6 [Superman], #5 [Batman] (both listed as "now on sale"), and #7 [Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales] (on sale December 10).
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Justice League of America; Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
[no title indexed]
It's a Small World / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Weighing an average of 85 pounds, the sea otter...
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Reprints
- in Superman Super Library (K. G. Murray, 1964 series) #14 ([July 1965])
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #97 (1 de septiembre de 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Make It a Happy Holiday -- With the Best in Comics
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
house ad promoting subscriptions to DC Comics
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Case of the Hooded Hijackers!
The Atom -
1.
Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
Superboy -
2.
Case of the Hooded Hijackers!
The Atom -
3.
Whose Face Does the Enemy See in His Smoking Sights?
G. I. Joe -
4.
["Silly Putty is always fun!"]
Silly Putty -
5.
Coming Your Way in '65- The Greatest Superman Products Ever!
-
6.
["For the very best..."]
Batman; The Flash -
7.
[no title indexed]
Inside The Atom -
8.
Jules Verne's Crystal Ball!
The Atom -
9.
["Make all our war in your own home..."]
Missile Attack! -
10.
["Readers... The most sensational bargains in thrilling stories today..."]
80 Page Giant Magazine -
11.
["For the very best..."]
Justice League of America; Hawkman -
12.
["Weighing an average of 85 pounds, the sea otter..."]
It's a Small World -
13.
Make It a Happy Holiday -- With the Best in Comics
-
14.
["My secret new Dynaflex method"]
Mike Marvel System -
15.
["Make a friend!"]
Aurora; Gigantic Frankenstein
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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