The Atom #26

(August-September 1966)

The Eye-Popping Perils of the Insect Bandit! (Table of Contents: 1)

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]; The Bug-Eyed Bandit [Bertram Larvan] (introduction, villain); Clifford Rogers; Jean Loring; Jimmy Loring; Ed Thayer; Alice Thayer; Detective Baxter

Synopsis

Scientist Bertram Larvan has built a robot insect that he uses for crime. Ray Palmer and Jean Loring are engaged.

Reprints

• in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #5 (mars 1972)
• 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 parts of 7.67, 9.67 and 5.67 pages. Bertram Larvan is only called the "Bug-Eyed Bandit" on the cover of this issue.

Draggin'?? Complainin'?? (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Introducing Jimmy Olsen... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

A Handful of Wishes, the Atom (Table of Contents: 4)

The Atom / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gil Kane (signed)

Inks

Gil Kane (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Ray Palmer]

Indexer Notes

Pin-up in centerfold. Appears between pages 13 and 14 of the main story.

Dynamite's Coming! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

AMT Makes the Party (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

AMT Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Dynamite's Coming! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz [as The Editor]

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers James Flanagan, Guy H. Lillian III, Marcy Slyh and Irene Vartanoff, with replies from Schwartz.

A Front Line in the Back Yard! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Adventures in the G I Joe Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Command Your Own Missile-Firing Tank in Battle (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Mattel's Switch 'N Go Battle Set / advertisement / 1 page (report information)