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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published June-July 1966
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Man in the Ion Mask!"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Man in the Ion Mask
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson

13 page Atom story "The Man in the Ion Mask!"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Ed Jameson; The Man in the Ion Mask (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Fox adopts a camp writing style through issue #28. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Pages 6 and 13 also 1/3 each filled with promotional advertisements.

Half page text story "Lymerick"

Genre Humor
Notes Follows page 6 of sequence 1.

Half page AMT Corporation; AMT Kat advertisement The Kat Visits AMT's new Trophy "Hall of Fame"

Characters AMT Kat

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints story "Mom, can I have these scraps of material?"

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Direct Currents"

Letters Typeset

1 page Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios advertisement "Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"

Characters Rocky; Bullwinkle
Genre funny animals
Script Bill Williams? [as W.]
Pencils Bill Williams [as W.]
Inks Bill Williams [as W.]

1 page public service announcement "Your Free Trip Around the World!"

Characters an old sea captain; two boys
Synopsis After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page letters page "Inside the Atom"

Script Julius Schwartz [as The Editor]
Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Bob Butts, Marshall Lanz, John F. Lebar and Sal Iacopelli, with replies from Schwartz.

10 page Atom story "The Spy Who Went Out for the Gold!"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Agent 237X (villain); Boris Kalumchuk (villain); Jean Loring
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.