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Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	February-March 1963
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Diamond of Deadly Dooms!"

Characters	Atom [Ray Palmer]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted	in Atom Archives, The (DC, 2001 series) #1 (June 2001); in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1

15 page Atom story "The Diamond of the Deadly Dooms!"

Characters	Atom [Ray Palmer]; Ted Ralston; Karl Jat (villain); Moorn Jor
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane; Mike Sekowsky (pp. 4-9)
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	in Atom Archives, The (DC, 2001 series) #1 (June 2001); in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page public service announcement "Health Myths Debunked!"

Synopsis	How to treat frostbite, a black eye, and does cutting your hair make it grow faster?
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Placed between pages 6 and 7 of sequence 1.

2 page letters page "Inside the Atom"

Script	Julius Schwartz [as Editor]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters of comment from readers Robert Malisani, John Santino Jr., Leonard Weiss, Gerry Desrosiers, Tommy Jones, Fred Bronson, Larry Switzer and Paul Gambaccini, with replies from Schwartz.

10 page Atom story "The Specter of 3000-Moons Lake!"

Characters	Atom [Ray Palmer]; Don Morgan; Jean Loring; Jon Van Dorn; Fred Harris (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #404 (September 1971); in Atom Archives, The (DC, 2001 series) #1 (June 2001); in Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page filler "Early Atomic Theories..."

Genre	fact
Notes	Placed between pages 5 and 6 of sequence 4.