Atom (1962) comic books 1969

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "The Explosive Exploit of the Split-Atom!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sid Greene; To trap a spy ring, the Atom agrees to let an FBI agent impersonate Ray Palmer as bait for the enemy agents. What's in a Fanzine article. "The Man with an Inbuilt Panic Button!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Joe Kubert, inks by Murphy Anderson; When a carnival ride's cable snaps, Andrew Harris mysteriously teleports himself from danger. He appears inside Hawkman's spaceship, interfering with its orbit; As Katar rescues the ship, Harris again teleports away; Hawkman had noticed Harris's moonstone ring, and uses the Lustrometer to track him to the home of Harvey Ellison, millionaire collector, which is being burgled; As he and the crooks battle, Harris vanishes again, this time taking along the crook holding him; Hawkman tracks them to a waterfall, and rescues both. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "Return of the Seven-Year-Dead Man," script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sid Greene; An amnesiac crook regains his memory after seven years and goes after an old partner who didnt show up for his memorial service, but the Atom intervenes. "Yo-Yo Hangup in the Sky," script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Joe Kubert, inks by Murphy Anderson; Taking Harris back to his spaceship, Hawkman and his passenger encounter a gravity-defying auto, which he rescues, despite being similarly affected; The car's passengers turn out to be bank robbers trying to make a getaway, and they try to shoot him, unsuccessfully; Hawkman finally questions Harris, determining that his moonstone ring, bought that morning, is the teleportation device, and that the anti-gravity effect came from his own spaceship's grappler and repelling beams, accidentally activated by Harris when he was aboard. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "When Gods Make Madness," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sid Greene; Carter Hall and Ray Palmer are leaving a scientists' convention in Midway City, when they are attacked by a man with a tear gas grenade, which knocks out Carter; The Atom attacks him, but is startled to find this enemy is Carter's double; This man disappears in the symbol of Shiva, Hindu god of destruction; Hawkman and the Atom jet to India, but their flight is attacked en route by locusts, and the pilot, another Carter Hall double, must crashland in India; Hawkgirl joins them there, and they are attacked by Brahma, god of light; The trio is overwhelmed by the faceless Nether-Man, and they are brought before Shiva, Brahma, and Vishnu, god of restoration. Letter to the editor from inker Klaus Janson and two (!) from comics writer Martin Pasko. Statement of ownership - average print run 319,000; average paid circulation 185,800. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Joe Kubert. "Come to My Hanging," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Murphy Anderson; Hawkman and Hawkgirl learn that the Gentleman Ghost has been staging a series of robberies at Trafalgar Square in London, England; They fly across the ocean to Europe and being investigating the sightings; They find the Ghost and his cronies near Nelson's Monument in the square; Hawkman dives into the thugs and incapacitates them with his mace, but the Gentleman Ghost manages to grab a hold of Hawkgirl; Hawkman tries to rescue her, but the Ghost and Hawkgirl both disappear; Hawkman tracks them back to London Tower. "Buzzin', Buzzin' - Who's Got the Buzzin'?", script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sid Greene; Ray Palmer attempts to perform an experiment before his peers when suddenly a small insect distracts him, causing him to forget what he was trying to do; Horace McByrd, head of the Physics department, harshly criticizes Palmer, angering him to great length; Ray turns into the Atom; He goes into a subatomic realm and fights a mindless monster. Letter from comics writer Martin Pasko. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "The Ghost Laughs Last!", script by Bob Kanigher, art by Murphy Anderson; Hawkman's battle with the Gentleman Ghost continues, with Hawkman steadfast in his belief that Craddock isn't a real spirit; Meanwhile, the Ghost finds a blind psychic named Zita, who falls in love with him; She tells him that her sight can be restored by exposure to a rare jewel, and he promises to get it for her, announcing that he will steal the Empress Ra-Na's necklace from the Louvre; He does so, despite Hawkman and Hawkgirl's stakeout. "Hate Is Where You Find It!", script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sid Greene; The Atom strives to defend a professor falsely accused of being a Nazi while dealing with a microscopically-sized invader. Letters to the editor from comics writers Bill Mantlo and Martin Pasko. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.15.

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Final issue of the series. Cover by Joe Kubert. "Queen Jean, Why Must We Die?", script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sid Greene; Jean Loring sees the face of a killer she had unsuccessfully defended on everyone she meets, and goes berserk; Ray Palmer tries to help her, and discovers that his Alpha Energy machine is radiating unusually; He locks Jean in a room, while he investigates the source as the Atom; In doing so, he encounters a tiny armored warrior, and has his arm coated in silver, as well as being irradiated by another Alpha-Ray machine; His only choice is to become large again, whereupon he finds that Jean is gone. Ray calls Carter Hall for help, and they find the armor is the same as that found in Death Valley, apparently left by aliens, so they travel there and find identical alpha emissions; Atom figures that Jean is being held in a sub-atomic world there, and, using his lens-sizer (seen in Hawkman #9), shrinks Hawkman to sub-atomic size; They land on the radiation's source planet, where they are immediately attacked by robot birds piloted by a crazed Jean, and both are knocked out. Letters to the editor from comics writers Mike Barr and Steven Grant. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.15.