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 Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #200 (15 de febrero de 1971)
• in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #9 (mars 1973)
• 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.

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 (signed 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.

Genre

non-fiction

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 / in-house column / 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 (signed as Editor)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

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