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Issue: Showcase #34
Publication Date: September 1961
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 07/27/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: 1st Silver Age Atom.

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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Battle of the Tiny Titans!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Gil Kane
Murphy Anderson
?
Ira Schnapp (and logo ?)
Subject Matter
superhero
The Atom
Atom [Ray Palmer]; Kulan Dar
Reprinting
FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as [Cover - Showcase #34]; Battle of the Tiny Titans! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as Backcover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Showcase #34 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League: Cry for Justice #2 [1st Printing] published October 2009
as The Atom [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Honor House Products Corp.
Complete 4 piece matched set of luggage
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Ad for luggage and a voice recorder.
Birth of the Atom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox (credited)
Gil Kane (credited)
Murphy Anderson (credited)
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
The Atom
The Atom [Ray Palmer] (scientist, introduction, origin); Jean Loring (attorney, introduction); un-named students
From the strange combination of white dwarf star and sunlight--product of the awesome forces of nature at her...
Scientist Palmer is experimenting with his reducer lens to try and reduce objects in size without blowing them up, all without success. However, when he, Jean and students are trapped in a cave-in, he decides to use the lens on himself and save the others before he is destroyed. To his surprise, he is not destroyed as he becomes a human atom, and the lens later returns him to normal size.
Reprinting
Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #8 published March 1965
as Birth of the Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperserien spesialnummer #[1967] published January 1967
as Atom blir født! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSecret Origins #2 published April 1973
as Birth of the Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSecret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn] published January 1976
as Birth of the Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #9 [Direct Sales] published May 1981
as Birth of the Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMore Secret Origins Replica Edition #1 published November 1999
as Birth of the Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as Birth of the Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Birth of the Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9.67
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll
Napoleon Bonaparte
The general who posed with one hand in his vest was Napoleon Bonaparte
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
150 Civil War Soldiers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Garcelon Stamp Company
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Giant Superman Annual; Secret Origins
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Battle of the Tiny Titans!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox (credited)
Gil Kane (credited)
Murphy Anderson (credited)
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
The Atom
Atom [Ray Palmer]; Kulan Dar; Alma Wilson; Jean Loring; Carl Ballard (villain)
Unless I can find a way to overcome you--you'll keep on fighting me until one of us is destroyed!
Reprinting
Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-14 published February 1973
as Battle of the Tiny Titans! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #9 [Direct Sales] published May 1981
as Battle of the Tiny Titans [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as Battle of the Tiny Titans! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Battle of the Tiny Titans! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14.33
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Pages 10 and 15 are 2/3 pages.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll Pop
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
At the bottom of page 10 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Giant Batman Annual
Batman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
On the page immediately following page 10 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Palisades Amusement Park
Superman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
On the page immediately following page 10 of the previous story sequence.
Inside the Atom

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Julius Schwartz
Ben Flinton; E. E. Hibbard
Ben Flinton; E. E. Hibbard
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
The Atom
Atom [Al Pratt]; Justice Society of America [JSA; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]]
To those of you who are reading Showcase for the first time - welcome!
Reprinting
FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as Inside the Atom [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Inside the Atom [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Illustrated with artwork from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #19 (October 1940) and All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #3 (Winter 1940-1941). On the two pages immediately preceding page 11 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Frontier Cabin
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Wallace Brown, Inc.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Wilson Chemical Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Revolutionary War Soldiers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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