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Issue: Captain Atom #88
Publication Date: October 1967
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Issues: #88 of 12 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: Charlton ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Printed in the U.S.A.
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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
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The Ravage Of Ronthor!

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Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagThe Action Heroes Archives #2 published July 2007
as Captain Atom #88 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Exclusive Fun Products by Mail

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Disclose Notes: 17 small ads, with order coupon, for novelties from Regency Mail Order
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Ravage of Ronthor

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Letterer(s): typeset [as A. Machine]
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sergeant Goslin; Frank Justice; Andy Yanchus; Eve; giant alien insects; disembodied voice
First Line: Somewhere eight million light years away, a space vehicle from an alien universe races through the void!
Synopsis: When the military hears an S.O.S. from outer space, scientists construct a rocket to harness Captain Atom's power. When he arrives he finds that the former inhabitants had created a civilization so perfect that they grew bored, and took to space leaving their lifeless planet as a reminder that intelligent beings must always be bold. Atom makes insecticide, fills the atmosphere with it in order to kill the insects, and returns to the earth.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Action Heroes Archives #2 published July 2007
as Ravage of Ronthor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 18
Job Number: B-817
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Character(s): Guitarist; pretty girl
First Line: Play guitar in 7 days
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Ed Sale
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All-Transistor Radio

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First Line: You've heard about it! You've read about it!
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Spy Pen

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Character(s): Napoleon Solo (photo of Robert Vaughn); Ilya Kuryakin (photo of David McCallum); femme fatale
First Line: See through walls
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Royal Advtg. Corp.
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Character(s): Boy
First Line: Get these 20 famous World War II flying airplanes... all for only $1.49
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Sell Grit

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Character(s): Newsboy
First Line: Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly.
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with response coupon, from Grit Publishing Co.
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Character(s): Captain America; the Mighty Thor; Dr. Strange; the Human Torch; Spider-Man; the Incredible Hulk; the Sub-Mariner; Iron Man
First Line: Hey, Marvelites! If you thought the Louisana Purchase was a bargain, get a load of this!
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for posters from Super Heroes Club
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Stamps Coins Shop by Mail

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[untitled]

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Character(s): Captain Atom
First Line: Dear editor: I demand equal time!
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Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Alan Renfrow, Robert O'Leary, Thomas Raymond, and Norman Maser; replies by Dick Giordano.
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Poetry of Peril!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nightshade
Character(s): Nightshade [Eve Eden]; The Image (villain); Senator Eden; senator's colleagues; Eve's mother (in flashback)
First Line: The Image, a foreign agent with strange powers over mirrors, has kidnapped Eve Eden to get at her senator father and his defense bill!
Synopsis: Eve frees herself from captivity to become Nightshade, then saves her father and drives Image back into the mirror world.
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Job Number: B-760
Disclose Notes: Origin of Nightshade continued.

The Image appears next in CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (DC Comics, 1985 series) #9.
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Character(s): Peacemaker; Thunderbolt; Blue Beetle; Judo Master; Captain Atom
First Line: Action-Heroes? We Got 'Em!!!
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100 pc toy soldier set

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First Line: 3 complete fishing outfits
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Niresk Discount Sales
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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for Christmas cards from Wallace Brown, Inc.

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