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Issue: The Atom #3
Publication Date: October 1962
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Issues: #3 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: 08/21/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
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The Time Trap!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Chronos (hands)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as [Cover - The Atom #3]; The Time Trap! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Atom #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): various (illustrations)
Inker(s): various (illustrations)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; house ad for DC comics
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The Time Trap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Chronos [David Clinton] (villain, introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #245 published December 1971
as The Time Trap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC 100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-7 published December 1972
as The Time Trap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #79 published February 1973
as The Time Trap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as The Time Trap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as The Time Trap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.33
Disclose Notes: Story in two parts of 5.67 and 8.67 pages.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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207 Stamps

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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Nature's Prize Pupil!

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: Humans have managed to copy some of the best protective attributes of animals.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated June 1958.
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[untitled]

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First Line: I’m a fudge judge!
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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: If an atom of oxygen were placed...
Synopsis: Educational info about atomic energy and atoms
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The Last Days of Superman!

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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #156
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Congratulations on the first issue of The Atom.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Earl Dill; PFC Ellis R. McDaniels; Don Hauptman; Lew Litziner III
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The Secret of "Al Atom's" Lamp!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt (introduction); Abdul the Thief (villain); Hassan; Ayesha
Synopsis: Atom helps out Hassan, Sinbad's grandson, by pretending to be "al Atom," the genie of Sinbad's old lamp. At the end of the story, the Atom speculates that the words "al Atom's lamp" were corrupted into "Aladdin's lamp", prompting the whole Aladdin's Lamp story. [synopsis by Michael Torregrossa]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Atom Archives #1 published August 2001
as The Secret of "Al Atom's" Lamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as The Secret of "Al Atom's" Lamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: First Time Pool story
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[untitled]

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First Line: See the little gray spots at each corner of the black squares?
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Pages: 0.33
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Reward $9,985.50

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for coin catalogue.
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Learn to Play Guitar the Chet Atkins Way!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Chet Atkins (photo)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Josely Company guitar course ad.
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Frontier Cabin

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Polyethelene kid’s playhouse cabin sold by Frontier Cabin for $1.00.
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Boys, Girls, Men, Women

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad soliciting Christmas card salespeople.
Inside back cover.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: From Lucky Products.
Back cover.

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