Sword of the Atom #4 [Newsstand]
(December 1983)

DC, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-09-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893111212
Editing
Dick Giordano

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Sword of the Atom (DC, 1983 series) #4 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

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The Atom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (signed as G K)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed as G K)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-570
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Atom [Ray Palmer]; Princess Laethwen
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Cover Thumbnail for Sword of the Atom (DC, 1983 series) #4 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Sword of the Atom (1983 series) #4 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Sword of the Atom (1983 series) #4 [Canadian]
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MPC Model Kit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Book Four: Look Homeward, Atom (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atom / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Jan Strnad (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited) (signed as G K)
Inks
Gil Kane (credited) (signed as G K)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Job Number
J-8907
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Trapped at his six-inch height, lost in the Amazon jungle, believed dead by the outside world...
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Atom [Ray Palmer]; Princess Laethwen; Pohragar; Deraegis; Caellich; Voss; Biikus; Jean Loring; Sgt. Luiz
Synopsis
Atom defeates the tyrant king and returns to civilization after growing to normal size.
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Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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ABC Saturday Cartoons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

TSR Hobbies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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NBC Saturday Cartoons / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Remco Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Solar, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Sword of the Atom / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1497
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Briefly, the response to Sword of the Atom has been overwhelmingly positive and very gratifying for our creative team.
Feature Logo
Sword of the Atom
Genre
adventure; superhero

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from: Dale Coe; Ruffin Prevost; Michael Eury; The Purple Pickle; Wallace Lee Hopkins.

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Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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