The Atom Archives #1

([August] 2001)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

typeset

Foreword (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Les Daniels

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction by Les Daniels

[Cover - Showcase #34]; Battle of the Tiny Titans! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Kulan Dar

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #34 (September-October 1961)

Indexer Notes

1st Silver Age Atom

Birth of the Atom! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Atom / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Atom [Ray Palmer] (intro, origin); Jean Loring (intro)

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #34 (September-October 1961)

Battle of the Tiny Titans! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Atom / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Kulan Dar; Alma Wilson; Jean Loring; Carl Ballard (villain)

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #34 (September-October 1961)

Indexer Notes

Pages 10 and 15 are 2/3 pages.

Inside the Atom (Table of Contents: 6)

The Atom / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Ben Flinton; E. E. Hibbard

Inks

Ben Flinton; E. E. Hibbard

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

typeset

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice Society of America [JSA; Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]]

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #34 (September-October 1961)

Indexer Notes

text feature

[Cover - Showcase #35]; Dooms from Beyond! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #35 (November-December 1961)

The Dooms from Beyond! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Atom / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Dr. Gordon Doolin [Gordon Heath]; Jean Loring; Judge Myles Heath (flashback); Goody Wilson (flashback); Ebenezer Heath (flashback); Mrs. Hathaway; Jenkins; Betty; Peter; Tim; Bates (villain); Tom

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #35 (November-December 1961)

Indexer Notes

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 5.67, 8.67, and 9.67 pages.

Inside the Atom (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Although the regular title of this department is Inside the Atom, a more appropriate title - for this particular issue - would be...

Genre

biography

Characters

Gardner Fox; Gil Kane; Murphy Anderson

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #35 (November-December 1961)

Indexer Notes

Biographies of the Atom's creative team: Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, and Murphy Anderson, with illustrated portraits of each. On the two pages immediately following page 15 of the main story sequence.

[Cover - Showcase #36]; Prisoner in a Test Tube! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #36 (January-February 1962)

Prisoner in a Test Tube! (Table of Contents: 11)

The Atom / comic story / 11.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Professor Anton Kraft; Professor Loring; Jean Loring

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #36 (January-February 1962)

Indexer Notes

Pages 8 and 12 are only 0.67 story.

The "Disappearing Act" Robberies! (Table of Contents: 12)

The Atom / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Alma Wilson Barnes; Jim Barnes; Greg Phillips (villain); Mayor Andrews; Jason Saunders (flashback)

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #36 (January-February 1962)

[Cover - The Atom #1]; Master of the Plant World! (Table of Contents: 13)

The Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jason Woodrue

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #1 (June-July 1962)

Master of the Plant World! (Table of Contents: 14)

The Atom / comic story / 24.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Plant Master [Jason Woodrue, later Floronic Man] (intro, villain); Jean Loring; Maya

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #1 (June-July 1962)

Indexer Notes

Story in three chapters of 8 pages, 6 pages, and 10.67 pages.

[Cover - The Atom #2]; The Oddest Man on Earth! (Table of Contents: 15)

The Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #2 (August-September 1962)

The Oddest Man on Earth! (Table of Contents: 16)

The Atom / comic story / 12.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Oscar D. Dollar [Mister Odd]; Bart Tranter (villain); Jean Loring; Tim Kerr

Synopsis

Ray Palmer meets Mister Odd, who appears to be a catalyst for odd occurances.

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #2 (August-September 1962)

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 4.67 pages.

The Prisoners Who Vanished! (Table of Contents: 17)

The Atom / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Carl Ballard (villain); Chief Baxter

Synopsis

The Atom ends up foiling the plans of Carl Ballard again, even though Carl has discovered a way to use Europium for teleportation.

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #2 (August-September 1962)

Indexer Notes

References "Battle of the Tiny Titans" from Showcase #34.

[Cover - The Atom #3]; The Time Trap! (Table of Contents: 18)

The Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Chronos (hands)

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #3 (October-November 1962)

The Time Trap! (Table of Contents: 19)

The Atom / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Chronos (villain, intro); Jean Loring

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #3 (October-November 1962)

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 8.67 pages.

The Secret of "Al Atom's" Lamp! (Table of Contents: 20)

The Atom / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt (intro); Abdul the Thief (villain); Hassan; Ayesha

Synopsis

Atom helps out Hassan, Sinbad's grandson, by pretending to be "al Atom," the genie of Sinbad's old lamp. At the end of the story, the Atom speculates that the words "al Atom's lamp" were corrupted into "Aladdin's lamp", prompting the whole Aladdin's Lamp story. [synopsis by Michael Torregrossa]

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #3 (October-November 1962)

Indexer Notes

1st "Time Pool" story.

[Cover - The Atom #4]; Case of the Innocent Thief! (Table of Contents: 21)

The Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #4 (December 1962-January 1963)

The Machine That Made "Miracles"! (Table of Contents: 22)

The Atom / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Snapper Carr; Midge; Florence James; Entrol Kol

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #4 (December 1962-January 1963)

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 6.67 pages.

The Case of the Innocent Thief! (Table of Contents: 23)

The Atom / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Tom Parks; Elkins (villain)

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #4 (December 1962-January 1963)

[Cover - The Atom #5]; Diamond of Deadly Dooms! (Table of Contents: 24)

The Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #5 (February-March 1963)

The Diamond of the Deadly Dooms! (Table of Contents: 25)

The Atom / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane; Mike Sekowsky (pp. 4-9)

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Ted Ralston; Karl Jat (villain); Moorn Jor

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #5 (February-March 1963)

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 5.67 pages and 8.67 pages.

The Specter of 3000-Moons Lake! (Table of Contents: 26)

The Atom / comic story / 9.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Atom [Ray Palmer]; Don Morgan; Fred Harris (villain); Jean Loring; Jon Van Dorn

Reprints

• from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #5 (February-March 1963)

Indexer Notes

Pages 5 and 10 are 2/3 pages.

Contributors (Table of Contents: 27)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mark Waid

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Indexer Notes

Biographies for Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson and Julie Schwartz. Biographical material researched and written by Mark Waid.

[Backcover] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

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