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Atom 18

ATOM #18

Cover Date: April-May 1965
Cover Price: $.12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "The Hole-In-The-Wall Lawman!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsGil Kane
InksSid Greene
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom II (last in Justice League of America #34)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring

Villain(s):

The Black Phantom (first appearance; a jewel thief)

Other Character(s):

Professor Morton Oldham (first appearance; developer of new type of powerful nuclear bomb)

Location(s):

Ivy Town

Comment(s):

The Black Phantom is visually based on the David Niven character from the movie The Pink Panther.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: The Atom #2 ([August] 2008)


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Second Story: "The Atomic Flea!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsGil Kane
InksSid Greene
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom II (next in Justice League of America #36; gets amnesia, thinks he is a flea; also in flashback to between the two stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring

Villain(s):

Hightop Harry (first appearance; tries to rob an amusement park)
Spies, including a Ray Palmer lookalike (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Melissa (first appearance; a friend of Jean Loring)

Location(s):

Ivy Town

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #449/3 (July 1975)
Showcase Presents: The Atom #2 ([August] 2008)


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