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Issue: Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #5
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #5 of 31 Issues (33 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/06/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10000-309.

On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 17, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1963. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B60650.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Earlier Issues Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Issues Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doctor Solar; attackers
First Line: For the first time -- Solar shows himself as the invincible Man of the Atom!
Synopsis: Solar, now in uniform, fights off attackers wielding flame throwers
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoktor Solar #5 published January 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1819 published January 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Original Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #1 published April 1995
as For the First Time - Solar Shows Himself As the Invincible Man of the Atom! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Solar, Man of the Atom #1 published December 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First presentation of Solar's Man of the Atom "superhero" uniform
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Atomic Energy, Number 4: Nuclear Fission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover.
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The Crystallized Killers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doctor Solar; Mr. Wolson; thieves; Nuro
Synopsis: Solar's experiments create a new crystalline element. When he takes it to New York to consult with specialist Wolson, two thieves kill Wolson. The unknown crystal expends, engulfing Solar and the killers, until Solar finds a way to break it. The thieves insist that Solar has strange powers, but everyone considers their testimony a crude attempt at an insanity plea, and they are sentenced to death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoktor Solar #5 published January 1966
as Mörder im Kristall gefangen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Solar, Man of the Atom #1 published December 2004
as The Crystallized Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: 5-636
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Teleportation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology, science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoktor Solar #5 published January 1966
as Beginn des Atomzeitalters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Solar's Science Forum
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Harold Fredericks, Jr., Donald Judd, Gregg Way, Jim Connor, Dennis Richard, Bill Ryan, Randy Jones, Daniel E. Murphy, and D. H. Hunneman.
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The New Man of the Atom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doctor Solar; Dr. Clarkson; Dr. Gail Sanders; Nuro; arsonists
Synopsis: Solar's inherent radiation turns his hair white, forcing him to confess his secret to Gail. Consulting with Gail and Clarkson, he creates a uniform that conceals his face and hair, presenting himself to the public as the Man of the Atom. Nuro's men fire the prairie in order to force the strangely-powered mystery man to reveal himself. Solar appears as the Man of the Atom and captures them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoktor Solar #5 published January 1966
as Der neue Atommensch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Original Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #1 published April 1995
as The New Man of the Atom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Solar, Man of the Atom #1 published December 2004
as The New Man of the Atom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Art credits posted in The Comic Reader #18 (1963). Origin and first appearance of Solar's "superhero" uniform and persona.
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Atomic Energy, Number 6: Beginning the Atomic Age

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside back cover.
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Solar Pin-Up No. 5

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Same image as front cover, minus trade dress, etc.

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