- "Yahooo! This is better than bronco busting!"
- ―Ray Palmer
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| The Atom | |
| Title: | "World of the Magic Atom!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 19 |
| Cover price: | .12 |
| Cover date: | June-July, 1965 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Writers: | Gardner Fox |
| Pencilers: | Gil Kane |
| Inkers: | Sid Greene |
| Cover artists: | Gil Kane |
| Cover inker: | Murphy Anderson |
| Letterers: | Gaspar Saladino |
| Editors: | Julius Schwartz |
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"World of the Magic Atom!" is the nineteenth issue of the first The Atom ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. It was written by Gardner Fox with artwork by Gil Kane and inks by Sid Greene. The story was edited by Julius Schwartz. This issue shipped with a June-July, 1965 cover date and carries a cover price of .12 cents per copy.
"World of the Magic Atom!"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- Bill Parker
- Druid
Minor characters
- Hawkgirl, Shayera Hol (In flashback only)
- Hawkman, Katar Hol (In flashback only)
- John Zatara (In flashback only)
Organizations
- Ivy Town Police Department
Races & Animals
- Altered humans
- Energy beings
- Homo Magi
- Humans
- Thanagarians (In flashback only)
Locations
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- National Trust Bank
- Catamoore
Items
- Bio-Belt
- Crystal ball
- Handgun
- Nth metal wings (In flashback only)
- Sickle
Vehicles
Powers
- Animate objects
- Electrokinesis (In flashback only)
- Energy projection (In flashback only)
- Teleportation
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
Hey, look kids! It's Zatanna!
- The character of Ray Palmer was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Gil Kane. He first appeared in Showcase #34 in September-October, 1961 in a story called "Birth of the Atom!".
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue is reprinted in black and white in the Showcase Presents: The Atom, Volume 2
- This issue includes a public service message comic strip featuring Superboy in "Happy Hobby Time!" It is published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
- This issue includes a house ad for Green Lantern #37 (now on sale) and Hawkman #8, which goes on sale on April 15th, 1965.
- This issue includes an advertisement for General Mills' Cheerios cereal featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle.
- This issue includes a house ad for 80-Page Giant #11 featuring Superman in "The Greatest Superman-Luthor Duels!" On sale on April 15th, 1965.
- This is the second appearance of Zatanna Zatara. She appeared last in Hawkman #4 in "The Girl Who Split in Two!". She appears next in Detective Comics #336. The events from that story are no longer considered part of the official post-Crisis canon.
- This is the first appearance of Ray Palmer's size-weight controls, which are now housed in his gloves. Previously, they were housed within his Bio-Belt.
- Ray Palmer weighs 180 lbs. - even when tiny!