The Atom #34

(December 1967-January 1968)

Why Fight? Read All Three!! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Little Man-- You've Had a Big-Gang Day! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 22 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]; Jean Loring; The Big Gang [Big Head; Big Ben; Big Wig; Big Bertha; Big Shot; Big Cheese; Big Deal]

Synopsis

A troupe of former circus performers embarks on a series of crimes stealing the largest examples of various items, but the World's Smallest Super-Hero keeps foiling their plans.

Reprints

• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #215 (30 de agosto de 1971)
• in Atom (Egmont Ehapa, 1979 series) #3 (1981), #3 (1981)
• in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #3 (mai 1982)
• 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.
Page 12 and 23 are half-pages.

Ban Gloom! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Dig What's Coming; Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

New Things Are Coming from DC! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Don Akers, Jeffrey Smith, Peter Sanderson Jr., Ronald Patton.

Bad News! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number

6581

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr. Cap, my cars are always overheating.

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Hint submitted by Robert Cenna of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Greatest Action Teams in History! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)