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Issue: The Atom #28
Publication Date: December 1966
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Issues: #28 of 38 Issues
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: 10/04/1966
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Time-Standstill Thefts!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Chronos
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagRelatos Fabulosos #120 published August 1969cover
In Issue: FlagAtom #7 published September 1972
In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #4/1968 published November 1968
as De tidsinnstilte tyveriene! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #2 published October 2008
as The Time-Standstill Thefts! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover was used as the inspiration to the cover of Power of the Atom #6.
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Time-Standstill Thefts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (credited)
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (credited)
Inker(s): Sid Greene (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Chronos [David Clinton] (villain); Anton Teljas; Eva Teljas; Mrs. Ophelia Templeton
Synopsis: Chronos has discovered a way to "stop time" by temporarily incapacitating his victims so that he can steal whatever he wants without their knowledge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #4/1968 published November 1968
as De tidsinnstilte tyveriene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #2 published October 2008
as Time-Standstill Thefts! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.34
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 6.67 pages.
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On the Go with Motorific!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Motorific; Ideal Toy Corporation
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: advertisement in sequential art form; placed between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 1
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Mike's Toy Factory... Or "How I Made It with My Emenee Thermo/Craft Workshop!"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Emenee Thermo/Craft Workshop
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Placed between pages 10 and 11 of sequence 1.
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The Kat from AMT Jumps the Gun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kat from AMT; AMT Corporation
Character(s): AMT Kat
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale in early October 1966
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The 100,000 "Atoms" of Ivy Town!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (credited)
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (credited)
Inker(s): Sid Greene (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring
Synopsis: Ray Palmer is mystified when the residents of Ivy Town all shrink to tiny size and fall unconscious.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #1/1968 published January 1968
as Ivy Town's 100.000 "atomer!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #2 published October 2008
as The 100,000 "Atoms" of Ivy Town! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Captain Billy and the Kid

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Renwal Products Inc.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Follows page 2 of sequence 6.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
First Line: What are you cutting out that paper for?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Hint submitted by Sheldon Kane of North Brooklin, Maine.
Follows sequence 7, followed by page 3 of sequence 6.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tyco
First Line: Hey, Bud... there's the train we rode out in Disneyland!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Follows page 7 of sequence 6.
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An All-Star Collection of the Best of Batman

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer; Curt Swan
Inker(s): Win Mortimer; Curt Swan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #G-30]
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz [as The Editor]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Inside the Atom
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers James Flanagan, Alan Trahern, Steve Massar, Irene Vartanoff and Dave Cockrum, with replies from Schwartz.
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Battle Grounds of the World!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Irv Novick ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventures in the G I Joe Club
Character(s): Andy; George
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: advertisement in sequential art form; inside back cover

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