The Atom #30

(April-May 1967)

Daze of the Bat-Knights! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Atom / comic story / 21.5 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]; Elvarans; Jean Loring; Lonny; Cherie; Eddie Gordon (villain); Luke Preston (villain); Hestera; Olin Parr

Synopsis

Eddie Gordon escapes from prison with the help of his scientific genius cellmate, Luke Preston. The two men return to the cave where the Bat-Knights live and gain control over them.

Reprints

• in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #9 (mars 1973)
• in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([August] 2008)

Indexer Notes

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

Pages 8, 18 and 23 are half-pages.

Here's DC's Comic Valentine For You... (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Flashiest News of the Year (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz [as Editor]

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Guy H. Lillian III, Frank Tower and Rick Penell, with replies from Schwartz.
Follows page 8 of sequence 1.

[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

?

Job Number

6481

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've got a neat way to attach my model car chassis to the body.

Indexer Notes

Hint submitted by Charles Garvin of Jackson, Mississippi.
Follows sequence 2. Followed by sequence 4.

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

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

Zooming Your Way! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz [as Editor]

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Marcy Slyh, Andrew Okus and Joseph Dolezel Jr., with replies from Schwartz.