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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published October-November 1965
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Combat Under Glass!"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer]
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson

13 page Atom story "Combat Under Glass!"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Dr. Loring; Jean Loring; Professor Vasiliev (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Half page story "What's the Difference Between... Economical... Thrifty... Frugal..."

Notes Follows page 6 of sequence 1. Followed by sequence 3.

Half page Cocoa Puffs advertisement "A Laugh a Minute with the Cuckoo Bird!"

Notes Follows sequence 2. Followed by sequence 4.

1 page public service announcement "Are You a Litter-Bug?"

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Notes Follows sequence 3. Followed by sequence 5.

Half page Kat from AMT; AMT Corporation advertisement "Kat Korners the King!"

Characters AMT Kat; George Barris
Notes Follows sequence 4. Followed by page 7 of sequence 1.

1 page Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios advertisement "Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"

Characters Rocky; Bullwinkle
Genre funny animals

1 page letters page "Inside the Atom"

Script Julius Schwartz [as The Editor]
Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Paul Bakulski, Mike Friedrich and Andrew Fraknoi, with replies from Schwartz.

11 page Atom story "The Adventure of the Canceled Birthday!"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Henry Fielding; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt; Theodore Hyatt; Alfred Hyatt; Reddy Bolins (villain); John Fielding
Synopsis In a "Time Pool" story, the Atom meets Henry Fielding.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Half page How's Trix? advertisement "Worth Shopping Around For..."

Characters Trix
Genre funny animals
Notes Advertisement for the General Mills cereal.

Half page Cap's Hobby Center story "I want to return this weather kit I bought last week."

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)