XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Sword of the Atom #1
Publication Date: September 1983
Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #1 of 4 Issues (12 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/31/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano; Gil Kane
Disclose Notes:  
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: 4-issue miniseries
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants3
Disclose Reprinted In4
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
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
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (6 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein (series logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Sword of the Atom
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAtom #7 published January 1985
as Gladiator des Dschungels [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League: Cry for Justice #2 [1st Printing] published October 2009
as The Atom [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-488
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Disclose
Book One: Stormy Passage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jan Strnad
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Sword of the Atom
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer] (origin recap); Paul Hoben; Jean Loring; Princess Laethwen (Introduction); Taren; Caellich
Synopsis: Ray and Jean agree to a temporary separation and Ray heads to the Amazon to find a piece of white dwarf matter he believes crashed in the Amazon. When his plane crashes he is stuck at six inches tall and discovers a race of tiny people who live in the Amazon.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSword of the Atom #[nn] published November 2007
In Content Item: FlagAtom #7 published January 1985
as Schwert des Atom: Ende und Anfang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: J-8619
Disclose
Star Frontiers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Larry Elmore (signed)
Inker(s): Larry Elmore (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): TSR
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Star Frontiers role-playing game.
Disclose
Move Out!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Sgt. Rock; Remco
Character(s): Sgt. Rock
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Sgt. Rock action figures. Letters credit from Todd Klein.
Disclose
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano; Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Action Pin-Up No. 1

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Sword of the Atom
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Princess Laethwen
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-8943

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.