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Issue: Showcase #36
Publication Date: January 1962
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Issues: #36 of 104 Issues (108 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/30/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: 3rd Silver Age Atom.

On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Prisoner in a Test Tube!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #32 published August 1962
as Prisoner in a Test Tube [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as [Cover - Showcase #36]; Prisoner in a Test Tube! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Showcase #36 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Treasure Chest of Fun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Products Corp.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Prisoner in a Test Tube!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (credited)
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (credited)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; unnamed secret agent; Professor Anton Kraft; Professor Loring; Jean Loring; enemy agents; FBI and CIA agents
First Line: When Professor Anton Kraft came to the United States to help build a strange new weapon for the...
Synopsis: A master spy assumes the identity of a scientist to get close to Professor Loring, who builds "super weapons". Jean checks his fingerprints and finds a fraud. Ray Palmer offers to contact "our friend, The Atom." The Atom telephone-ports to Budapest and finds the real Professor Kraft. Escaping a test tube and flypaper, he jump-punches and weight-changes the spies into submission.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #32 published August 1962
as Prisoner in a Test Tube [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as Prisoner in a Test Tube! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Prisoner in a Test Tube! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.33
Disclose Notes: A Cold War story. Pages 8 and 12 are only 0.67 story (0.33 house ads).
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For the Very Best in Comics Reading

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern; The Flash
Synopsis: House ad for Green Lantern #10 and Flash #126 placed at bottom of p. 8 of 1st Atom story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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A Mesa and a Butte?...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Feature(s): What's the Difference Between...
Synopsis: Educational info, mesas vs. buttes.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jaro Stamp Co.; Maxim Stamp Co. Inc.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Synopsis: House ad for Giant 80-Page Superman Annual #4, "Featuring Superman's Most Famous Adventures in Time, Space, and on Alien Worlds!"
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mystery in Space; Adam Strange
First Line: Roam the black gulfs of interplanetary space...
Synopsis: House ad for Mystery in Space #73 placed at bottom of p. 12 of 1st Atom story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Inside the Atom
First Line: Dear Editor: In eight years of comic book reading, I've never seen anything like the first Showcase issue of The Atom.
Synopsis: Letters on the first Showcase appearance of The Atom from Harold L. Nussdorf, Richard C. West, Woodrow Harano, John H. Fahey, Frederick Norwood, Mike Price, Shern Gilbe, Paul Seydor, Jerry Bails, Steve Umstead. The Editor notes, "don't pay any attention to the coincidence... with Ray Palmer, former editor of Amazing Stories [who] happens to be of short stature."
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Feature(s): Strange Realm of the Atom!
First Line: If the entire atomic energy in a single kernel of corn...
Synopsis: Educational info about atomic energy and atoms.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The "Disappearing Act" Robberies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (credited)
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (credited)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Alma Wilson Barnes; Jim Barnes; Greg Phillips (villain); Mayor Andrews; Jason Saunders (flashback)
First Line: Some mysterious force propelling me upward!
Synopsis: Ray once again proposes to Jean, but she's distracted by "invisible robberies" of jewelry all over town. The Atom attends a chess match with a platinum chess set and hides in a rook. The entire set is whisked up and away "invisibly". Greg Philips, feature writer for the Ivytown Herald, has gained "mind over matter" with pills invented by a deceased scientist. The Atom escapes a poison-fumed box, telephones to the crime in progress, and scotches Philips. But Jean still won't marry him!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as The "Disappearing Act" Robberies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as The "Disappearing Act" Robberies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: Series continues in Atom (DC, 1962 series) #1.
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For the Very Best in Comics Reading

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Strange Adventures; Justice League of America
Synopsis: House ad for Strange Adventures #136 and Justice League #9.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Another Giant Batman Collection!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Synopsis: House ad for Giant Batman 80-Page Annual #2, "Featuring Batman and Robin's Most Thrilling Action Roles!"
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy B-B Gun
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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