The Atom & Hawkman #39

(October-November 1968)

Missile Firing Tank (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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Here Is a Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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Vengeance of the Silver Vulture! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Atom; Hawkman / comic story / 21.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher (credited)

Pencils

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (credited); Joe Giella (credited) (pages 4-12;14-16;18-21,23)

Colors

?

Letters

Shelly Leferman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As The Atom and Hawkman venture into the dense, sinister jungle of ancient Mayan civilization, they are unaware of two sinister figures hanging upside down like vultures from the jungle trees...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Miguel Sanchez; Maria; Tekla (villain)

Synopsis

The Atom, Hawkman and Hawkgirl stop Tekla from trying to rebuild the ancient Mayan empire.

Reprints

• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #170 (15 de noviembre de 1969)
• in Faucon Noir (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #17 (juin 1980) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([September] 2008)

Keywords

jungle setting; Mayan empire

Indexer Notes

Letters page confirms: "Cover by Joe Kubert! Interior art by Murphy Anderson (with an inking assist by Joe Giella/Story by Bob Kanigher!" Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records erroneously credit Anderson inking the first 6 pages and Giella inking the rest of the story but Nick Caputo notes that Anderson inked the first 3 pages as well as the splashes on page 17 and 22.

Story across 23 pages in three parts of 5.67, 5.5, and 10.5 pages

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hawkman readers -- welcome to The Atom! (That didn't come out right. Let's begin over again...)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Kym Bouchard, Irene Vartanoff, Eric Kappes, Robert Gluckson, John Potter, and Dave Truesdale.

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