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Issue Details

Issue #34
Published September-October 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes 1st Silver Age Atom. Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008.

Cover Details - "Battle of the Tiny Titans!"

Characters Atom [Ray Palmer]; Kulan Dar
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes 1st Silver Age Atom. Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008.
Reprinted in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 (June 2001); in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1

9 page Atom story "Birth of the Atom!"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer] (intro, origin); Jean Loring (intro)
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008.
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #8 (March 1965); in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #2 (April-May 1973); in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 series) #nn; in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #9 (May 1981); in More Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #1; in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 (June 2001); in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1

14 page Atom story "Battle of the Tiny Titans!"

Characters Atom [Ray Palmer]; Kulan Dar; Alma Wilson; Jean Loring; Carl Ballard (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008.
Reprinted in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-14 (March 1973); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #9 (May 1981); in Atom Archives, The (DC, 2001 series) #1 (June 2001); in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1

2 page Atom text article "Inside the Atom"

Characters Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre superhero
Script Julius Schwartz
Pencils Ben Flinton; E. E. Hibbard
Inks Ben Flinton; E. E. Hibbard
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #19 [some artwork only]; from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #3 [some artwork only]; in The Atom Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 (June 2001); in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1