The Atom #38
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August-September 1968
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Silver Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/22058
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
Issue contents
Cover
Sinister Stopover-- Earth!
(The Atom)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- The Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]
Credits
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Jack Abel, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)
- Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #230 (19 de junio de 1972)
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
1Featuring
- Feature
- The Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Major Mynah; General Naylor; Professor Richard Alvin; Jean Loring; Admiral White; "Jonah" Wale; Physalians (villains)
Credits
- Writing
- Frank Robbins, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller [credited]
- George Roussos, inker [credited]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Milt Snapinn , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #45 ([January 1969]) — Sinister Stopover...Earth Part 1: Whatever Goes Up Part 2: The Creatures From Physalia
- Printed in
- Showcase Presents: The Atom (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([October] 2008)
- Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #29 (juillet 1976)
- Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #230 (19 de junio de 1972)
Synopsis
Military officials and Ray Palmer are monitoring a test of Palmer's new invention when several soldiers vanish. The Atom and Major Mynah investigate and discover that aliens from Physalia are responsible and must be stopped.
Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story across 24 pages, but page 8 is 2/3 of a page and page 24 is 1/2 a page.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ross Andru, penciller
- Mike Esposito, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Notes
House ad for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #113 [80 Page Giant #G-50], on sale June 11.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Inside the Atom
Credits
- Writing
- Julius Schwartz, scripter
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Letters submitted by Jim Vlcko, Jeffrey B. Siegel, Jeff Pierce, Rand Lee, and Mark Evanier.
4Featuring
- Feature
- The Atom and Hawkman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Gil Kane, penciller
- Murphy Anderson, penciller (illustration)
- , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
House ad for the new series The Atom & Hawkman (DC, 1968 series), highlighting Murphy Anderson as artist.
Notes
Final issue; title numbering continues as The Atom & Hawkman (DC, 1968 series).
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.