The Atom
#37
(June-July 1968)
DC,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-04-02
- 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
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Introducing Major Mynah
The Atom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Major Mynah
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Meet Major Mynah!
The Atom / comic story / 22.17 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol] (cameo); Jean Loring; Viet Minh (villains)
- Synopsis
- While Ray Palmer is leading an archaeological expedition in Cambodia, the Atom rescues a mynah bird from a hawk, and the rescued bird leads him to a gang of Viet Minh soldiers trying to rob ancient treasures. He decides to keep the bird, naming it Major Mynah and making it an ally in his fight against crime back home.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- archaeology; Cambodia; mynahs; Viet Minh
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Page 11 is 0.67 story, page 23 is 0.5 story (remainder ads).
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Neil Telafor, Jeff Pierce, David Lewin, Dave Truesdale.
The Eyes Have It!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog (DC, 1952 series) #22 (July-August 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff); Jeff Patt (idea) - Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I glued my model together...
- Genre
- non-fiction
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Introducing Major Mynah
The Atom -
1.
Coming Your Way -- A New DC Brand
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2.
Meet Major Mynah!
The Atom -
3.
[no title indexed]
Inside the Atom -
4.
The Eyes Have It!
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5.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
6.
["I glued my model together..."]
Cap's Hobby Hints
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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