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Issue: DC Comics Presents: The Atom #1
Publication Date: October 2004
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 08/18/2004
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194124463100111
Price: $3.85 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This is one of 8 tribute issues published this month to honor Julie Schwartz. The two stories inside are based on the cover, a device Julie Schwartz used to inspire his writers.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Ride a Deadly Grenade!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Julie Schwartz
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is an homage to the cover of Atom (DC, 1962 series) #10 (December 1963-January 1964).
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Atom #10

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]
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From Content Item: FlagThe Atom #10 published December 1963
was Ride a Deadly Grenade! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Ride a Deadly Grenade!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Julie (Julius) Schwartz; Gardner Fox; Jean Loring; unnnamed crooks; Tex Ford, a baseball pitcher; Lynda (Gardner's wife)
Synopsis: While trying to stop some crooks from stealing from the Time Pool, the Atom gets stuck on Earth-Prime. He gets back home while riding a grenade thrown by Tex Ford --who provides speed-- and using the grenade's explosive power. The idea for his return comes from Gardner and Julie.
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Pages: 11
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Ride a Deadly Grenade!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; an unnamed judge; "Bristles" Broome (a mobster); Ed Note (a science fiction publisher); an unnamed waitress; Chronos, the Time Thief; unnamed crooks
Synopsis: A string of crimes in Ivy Town by the Broome Mob are the result of an enthusiastic science fiction editor who spins tales at a local diner.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: "Bristles" Broome, "Quick" Fox, and "Mad-Dog" Kanigher (mentioned as members of the Broome Gang) are all comic book writers: John Broome, Gardner Fox, and Robert Kanigher respectively. Ed Note is the Earth-One version of Julie Schwartz.
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For Julie Schwartz

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An obituary and farewell letter to Julie Schwartz from Alan Moore.
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