The Atom
#18
(April-May 1965)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1965-02-04
- 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 ad in 80 Page Giant Magazine #8 and copyright registration.
The Hole-in-the-Wall Lawman!
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- cash; safes
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Hole-in-the-Wall Lawman!
The Atom / comic story / 13.33 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited) (sourced)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Black Phantom (villain); Professor Morton Oldham; Jean Loring
- Synopsis
- A strange side-effect from the Atom's trips through the Time Pool causes trouble for him in the present as he tries to defeat the Black Phantom.
- Reprints
-
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #3 (1967) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]] - in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts of 5.67 pages and 7.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
On the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
It Started with the Flash!
Doctor Fate and Hourman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #56.
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Our Strange Universe / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Astronomers estimate that of the millions of galaxies...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A spiral-type galaxy colliding with an elliptical-type Galaxy and the constellation Cygnus.
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence. Two panels.
[no title indexed]
Hawkman; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
[Mend... Darn... Patch...]
What's the Difference Between / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz (credited as The Editor)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Paul Bakulski and Guy H. Lillian III, with replies from Schwartz.
The Atomic Flea!
The Atom / comic story / 10.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited) (sourced)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Hightop Harry (villain); Melissa
- Synopsis
- Momentary amnesia makes the Atom believe he is a flea in a flea circus.
- Reprints
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #18 (octobre 1970) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #449 (July 1975)
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- amnesia; flea circus
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1964
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 265,304
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 280,938
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, and Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.
At the bottom of the last page of the previous sequence.
[no title indexed]
The Flash; 80 Page Giant Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you missed the most famous Flash story ever printed...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #9
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Hole-in-the-Wall Lawman!
The Atom -
1.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
2.
The Hole-in-the-Wall Lawman!
The Atom -
3.
[no title indexed]
Silly Putty -
4.
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe -
5.
It Started with the Flash!
Doctor Fate and Hourman -
6.
["Astronomers estimate that of the millions of galaxies..."]
Our Strange Universe -
7.
["For the very best..."]
Hawkman; Green Lantern -
8.
[Mend... Darn... Patch...]
What's the Difference Between -
9.
[no title indexed]
Lucky Charms -
10.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom -
11.
The Atomic Flea!
The Atom -
12.
[no title indexed]
-
13.
10 Issues of The Atom for Only $1.00
-
14.
["If you missed the most famous Flash story ever printed..."]
The Flash; 80 Page Giant Magazine -
15.
[no title indexed]
Space Explorers -
16.
[no title indexed]
100 Magnets -
17.
[no title indexed]
104 Cars -
18.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club -
19.
[no title indexed]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Hunter Johnson
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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