The Atom
#26
(August-September 1966)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1966-06-07
- 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 copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Gil Kane (signed)
- Colors
- Jack Adler ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Bug-Eyed Bandit
- Reprints
-
in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #5 (mars 1972) [Légèrement modifiée [Slightly edited]] -
in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)
-
The Eye-Popping Perils of the Insect Bandit!
The Atom / comic story / 23 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]; 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
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'??
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
house ad for DC comics
Introducing Jimmy Olsen...
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #95 [80 Page Giant #G-25], on sale June 14
A Handful of Wishes, the Atom
The Atom / illustration / 2 pages
- 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!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #189, on sale June 16
AMT Makes the Party
AMT Models / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Jim; Eddie; Bill; AMT Kat
Indexer Notes
Placed between pages 18 and 19 of sequence 1.
Dynamite's Coming!
Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #354, on sale June 6
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom / letters page / 1 page
- 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!
G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Andy; George
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Atom -
1.
The Eye-Popping Perils of the Insect Bandit!
The Atom -
2.
Draggin'?? Complainin'??
-
3.
Introducing Jimmy Olsen...
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen -
4.
A Handful of Wishes, the Atom
The Atom -
5.
Dynamite's Coming!
Superman -
6.
AMT Makes the Party
AMT Models -
7.
Dynamite's Coming!
Batman -
8.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom -
9.
A Front Line in the Back Yard!
G.I. Joe -
10.
Command Your Own Missile-Firing Tank in Battle
Mattel Toys
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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