The Atom #25

(June-July 1966)

The Man in the Ion Mask! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Atom / comic story / 12.34 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]; Jean Loring; Ed Jameson; The Man in the Ion Mask [Bill Jameson] (villain)

Synopsis

The Atom fights a crook who wears a metal mask that emits ionic energy.

Reprints

• in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #3/1967 ([august] 1967)
• in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #3 (octobre 1971)
• 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 in two parts of 5.67 and 6.67 pages. Fox adopts a camp writing style through issue #28.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Kat Visits AMT's new Trophy "Hall of Fame" (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

AMT Corporation; AMT Kat / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Super-Scoop! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number

6404

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mom, can I have these scraps of material?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Super DC Bumper Book (Thorpe & Porter, 1970 series) (1970)

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Dennis Bova

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

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

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

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

Your Free Trip Around the World! (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Characters

an old sea captain; two boys

Synopsis

After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1963.

A Showcase Disgrace (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz [as The Editor]

Pencils

Ira Schnapp ? (logo illustration)

Inks

Ira Schnapp ? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Bob Butts, Marshall Lanz, John F. Lebar and Sal Iacopelli, with replies from Schwartz.

The Spy Who Went Out for the Gold! (Table of Contents: 11)

The Atom / comic story / 10.67 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]; Agent 237X (villain); Boris Kalumchuk (villain); Jean Loring

Synopsis

When Communist countries suddenly agree to pay their outstanding debts in gold, the Atom figures out that the gold is contaminated with deadly radiation.

Reprints

• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #18 (Circa 1966 - 1968)
• in Rommets Helter (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #3/1967 ([august] 1967)
• in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #4 (décembre 1971)
• 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.

Scooter? Who He? (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Swing with Scooter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Batman and Detective Comics Started Something New (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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