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Issue: The Atom #16
Publication Date: December 1964
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Issues: #16 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: 10/01/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (3 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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Fate of the Flattened-Out Atom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Andrew Frost
First Line: By "ironing" out your body, Atom, I've put you in shape to make me the most powerful man in the world!
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Atom #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Children of Tomorrow!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
First Line: I'm hungry...
Synopsis: celebration of United Nations Day (October 24) with a description of the U.N. Declaration of the Rights of a Child
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1960.
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Fate of the Flattened-Out Atom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Andrew Frost (villain); Jean Loring
First Line: Fight me all you want, Atom--but you can't possibly overcome me!
Synopsis: Scientist Andrew Frost discovers that when the Atom uses his shrinking powers, Frost gains limited powers of precognition. He captures the Atom and imprisons him, hoping to increase his ability.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #1 published August 2007
as Fate of the Flattened-Out Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Disclose Notes: Story across 24 pages in three parts of 7.67 pages each.
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Metamorpho the Element Man

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #57 [first Metamorpho], on sale October 29.

On the bottom of page 8 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Character(s): L.C. Leprechaun
First Line: 'tis luck to catch a leprechaun!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: One of the smallest of the prehistoric dinosaurs...
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Rocky; Bullwinkle
First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 14 and page 15 of the main story sequence.
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25 Years of Batman

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #5, featuring Batman and Robin, on sale October 29.

At the bottom of page 16 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Arnold Secrest, Gary Johnson, and Paul Bakulski.

On the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I want to buy a model racing car kit.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following the previous sequence.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys everywhere have more fun with Monogram quality models
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Disclose Notes: On the same page as the previous sequence.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.
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Subject Matter
First Line: Start your own secret club... with a Silly Putty secret code
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Pages: 0.33
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Whose Face Does the Enemy See in His Smoking Sights?

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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): G. I. Joe
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #54
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[untitled]

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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Build your own real electric engine only 89¢
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: I'm G.I. Joe!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman (cameo); Superboy (cameo); Krypto (cameo); Batman (cameo)
First Line: It's a bird... it's a plane... it's the new Superman 98¢ hobby kit
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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