The Atom #22

(December 1965-January 1966)

Builders of the Future! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff ?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Synopsis

facts showing the importance of UNESCO funding in building schools in Africa

Keywords

Africa; UNESCO; United Nations

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Bat-Knights of Darkness (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 23 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]; Elvarasn [Bat-Knights] (introduction); Avery Sanders; Jean Loring; Eddie Gordon (villain); Olan Parr; Slim Peters

Synopsis

The Atom fights a crime wave launched by tiny men mounted on bats. He discovers that they are part of a miniature civilization that lives in Giant Cavern, where Ray Palmer first became the Atom.

Reprints

• in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #186 (15 de octubre de 1967)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 24 pages in three chapters of 5.67 pages, 9.67 pages, and 7.67 pages.

Ultra the Multi-Alien (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

It's a Small World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The world's smallest race of human beings...

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

The smallest race of human beings, the smallest bone in the human body, the smallest monkey and the smallest eggs.

Reprints

• in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #186 (15 de octubre de 1967)
• in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #4/1967 ([november] 1967)
• in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #10/1969 ([oktober] 1969)

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 6 of the main story sequence.

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

Tyco / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

By Popular Demand (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Hey Kids! Transogram's Trik-Trak is the Greatest! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Johnny Cloud; Haunted Tank / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz (credited as The Editor)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Frank Tower, Sal Iacopelli, and Guy H. Lillian III, with replies from Schwartz.

On the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.

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

Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Riddle Me This! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Biggest Christmas Surprise Ever! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

AMT Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

They're Brainy... They're Brawny... They're Beautiful... (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Supergirl; Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Presenting... A New Jimmy Olsen (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Wanted for Cash Immediately! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Great Moments in Sport (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Aurora Plastics Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)