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Issue: The Atom & Hawkman #39
Publication Date: October 1968
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Issues: #39 of 8 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: 08/01/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Combines Atom and Hawkman comics. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US (#46)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Vengeance of the Silver Vulture!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Hawkman #2 published September 2008
as Vengeance of the Silver Vulture! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Missile Firing Tank

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First Line: Over 6 feet long... Large enough for two kids inside.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad offering a play-tank big enough for two kids from Honor House Products. Black and white ad on inside front cover. Top half of page.
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Here Is a Treasure Chest of Fun

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: A half-page of small, single panel advertisements for novelty items, self-defense lessons, etc. Black and white ad on inside front cover. Lower half of page.
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Vengeance of the Silver Vulture!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Miguel Sanchez; Maria; Tekla (villain)
First Line: As The Atom and Hawkman venture into the dense, sinister jungle of ancient Mayan civilization, they are unaware of two sinister figures hanging upside down like vultures from the jungle trees...
Synopsis: The Atom, Hawkman and Hawkgirl stop Tekla from trying to rebuild the ancient Mayan empire.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Hawkman #2 published September 2008
as Vengeance of the Silver Vulture! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21.67
Disclose Notes: Letters page confirms: "Cover by Joe Kubert! Interior art by Murphy Anderson (with an inking assist by Joe Giella/Story by Bob Kanigher!" Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records erroneously credit Anderson inking the first 6 pages and Giella inking the rest of the story but Nick Caputo notes that Anderson inked the first 3 pages as well as the splashes on page 17 and 22.

Story across 23 pages in three parts of 5.67, 5.5, and 10.5 pages
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Wailing Whaler

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First Line: When the Charles W. Morgan went whaling, she went at it with a vengeance.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Charles W. Morgan boat modeling kit.
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Go-Powerful Cheerios Kid

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Genres: aviation, science fiction
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
First Line: The XB-70A Valkyrie is the most powerful airplane in the world.
Synopsis: The Cheerios Kid wearing a jet-pack is flying high in the atmosphere holding a box of cereal while an XB-70A aircraft whooshes behind him in the background.
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Disclose Notes: An illustrated color advertisement from General Mills offering facts about the XB-70A Valkyrie bomber - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal.
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The Zeroids Are Here!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Zeroids [Zintar; Zobor; Zerak]
First Line: From the Planet Zero... the incredible automatons from outer space.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Ideal Toys' Zeroids robots in sequential art form.
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Born to Trouble! His Name's Jonny Double!

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Genres: mystery
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #78 [first Jonny Double].
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Fun's-a-Poppin' Saturdays on CBS

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero, teen
Character(s): The Go-Go Gophers [Chief Running Board, Ruffled Feather]; Bugs Bunny; Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote; Elmer Fudd; Daffy Duck; Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Dick Dastardly; Muttley; Penelope Pitstop; Professor Pat Pending; The Slag Brothers; The Creepy Coupe; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hot Dog; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Hey gang, the fun starts here. We're the "Go-Go Gophers." We live in Gopher Gulch, the silliest city in the wild west.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two-page comics-form advertisement for CBS's The Go-Go Gophers, The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Hour, Wacky Races, The Archie Show, The Batman-Superman Hour, The Herculoids, Shazzan!, Jonny Quest, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor, and The Lone Ranger TV shows.

CBS Television Network’s Saturday morning cartoon lineup for the 1968-1969 TV season. Ad covers the two middle pages of the centerfold.

The entire CBS Saturday morning schedule, beginning at 8:00 AM and ending at 2:00 PM, is listed, including shows not pictured in the ad.
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Stick Shift Racerific with the Terror Turn!

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First Line: The timer is set. Steve and Jim are ready to put their 2-speed motorific cars through the hazards ahead.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comics-form advertisement for Ideal's race track set.
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Your Demand... Is Our Command

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): DC Comics; DC Special; World's Finest
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #1 and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #179 [80 Page Giant G-52]. On sale August 6th [1968].
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Enemy Ace Is Back!

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Genres: war
First Line: The Hammer of Hell flies again in every issue of Star Spangled War Stories!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Enemy Ace, starring in Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series).
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[untitled]

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First Line: Hawkman readers -- welcome to The Atom! (That didn't come out right. Let's begin over again...)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Kym Bouchard, Irene Vartanoff, Eric Kappes, Robert Gluckson, John Potter, and Dave Truesdale.
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Tank Trap / Blast Off

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First Line: The worlds most realistically detailed. Full scale battle games. Now only! $1.30
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tank Trap & Blast Off games from Helen of Toy, Co.
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204 Pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set

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First Line: 2 Complete Armies
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic toy soldiers. 204 pieces for $1.98. On final interior page of the comic.
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Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship

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First Line: Or other grand prize awards
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards" or Christmas cards. Black and white ad on inside back cover.
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Land of the Giants

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Steve Burton; Dan Ericson; Betty Hamilton; giant rattlesnake
First Line: The explosive new series on ABC-TV a new hobby kit from Aurora!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover advertisement for Aurora Plastics Corp's Land of the Giants model kit that features a rattlesnake threatening to attack the adventurers. Color ad on back cover.

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