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Issue: The Atom #25
Publication Date: June 1966
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Issues: #25 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: 04/07/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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The Man in the Ion Mask!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Man in the Ion Mask
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAtom #3 published October 1971recolored
In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #3/1967 published August 1967
as Mannen med ion-masken [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #2 published October 2008
as The Man in the Ion Mask! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man in the Ion Mask!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Ed Jameson; The Man in the Ion Mask [Bill Jameson] (villain)
Synopsis: The Atom fights a crook who wears a metal mask that emits ionic energy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #3/1967 published August 1967
as Mannen med ion-masken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #2 published October 2008
as The Man in the Ion Mask! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.34
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 6.67 pages. Fox adopts a camp writing style through issue #28.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Said a cat suffocating in Squaresville...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for DC comics, written in limerick form, promoting the "go-go checks" cover design.
Follows page 6 of sequence 1.
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The Kat Visits AMT's new Trophy "Hall of Fame"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: A super-scoop!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #G-23], on sale April 14
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: Mom, can I have these scraps of material?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6404
Disclose Notes: hint submitted by Dennis Bova
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale in the last week of April 1966
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Rocky; Bullwinkle
First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: advertisement in sequential art form for Cheerios cereal from General Mills
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Your Free Trip Around the World!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
Character(s): an old sea captain; two boys
Synopsis: After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1963.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
First Line: A Showcase disgrace -- the Inferior Five
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #62 [first appearance of the Inferior Five]
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Bob Butts, Marshall Lanz, John F. Lebar, and Sal Iacopelli, with replies from Schwartz.
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The Spy Who Went Out for the Gold!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Agent 237X (villain); Boris Kalumchuk (villain); Jean Loring
Synopsis: When Communist countries suddenly agree to pay their outstanding debts in gold, the Atom figures out that the gold is contaminated with deadly radiation.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #18 published January 1966
as The Spy Who Went Out for the Gold! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #3/1967 published August 1967
as Spionen som dro ut etter gullet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Atom #2 published October 2008
as The Spy Who Went Out for the Gold! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: Scooter? Who he?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale April 7
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Batman and Detective Comics started something new...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad promoting two-page centerfold pin-ups to be appearing in several DC comics, which began with Batman #181 and Detective Comics #352 (both June 1966).

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