The Atom #27
(October-November 1966)

DC, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1966-08-04
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 copyright registration.

[Beauty and the Beast-Gang!] (Table of Contents)

The Atom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Panther
Reprints

Beauty and the Beast-Gang! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Atom / comic story / 12.34 pages (report information)

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 Panther Gang (villains); Dawn Hudson; Willie Farr
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 6.67 pages.

Look What's New on Route '66' (Table of Contents: 2)

AMT Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Follows page 6 of sequence 1.

Stowaway on a Hot-Air Balloon! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Atom / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

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]; Benjamin Franklin; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt; Joseph Montgolfier; Etienne Montgolfier; J.A.C. Charles
Synopsis
In a "Time Pool" story, the Atom meets Benjamin Franklin and the Montgolfiers.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Julius Schwartz (signed as The Editor)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Dianne Hruska, Wayne DeWald, Don Fitzgerald, Richard Volbrecht, Marcy Slyh, Jon Voss, Randy Cleveland, and Bill Abboud, with replies from Schwartz.

Assignment: Outer Space (Table of Contents: 5)

The Adventures of Andy and George; G.I. Joe / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
war
Characters
Andy; George

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Beauty and the Beast-Gang!]
    The Atom
  2. 1. Beauty and the Beast-Gang!
    The Atom
  3. 2. Look What's New on Route '66'
    AMT Models
  4. 3. Stowaway on a Hot-Air Balloon!
    The Atom
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Inside the Atom
  6. 5. Assignment: Outer Space
    The Adventures of Andy and George; G.I. Joe
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore