THE ATOM #1
Key
THE ATOM #1
Volume 1 · 1962-1968
Published
July 1962
Cover price
Edition
Era
Silver
UPC
THEMAN43 Contact
Key issue
Yes

Creators

Writer
Gardner Fox
Penciler
Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson
Inker
Murphy Anderson
Letterer
Gaspar Saladino
Cover artist
Gil Kane
Editor
Julius Schwartz

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Synopsis

Inside The Atom The letters page for "The Atom." Includes a letter from future comics artist David "Dave" Cockrum. Master Of The Plant World! When a series of mysterious crimes occur involving strange highly intelligent plants, Ray (The Atom) Palmer decides to investigate. But there's more than robberies afoot! These mutated leafy criminals are under the control of the Plant Master, and his plans are to take over the world! Can The Atom stop him? When a series of mysterious robberies occur which involve strange highly intelligent plants, Ray Palmer decides to investigate as the Atom when he learns about the strange circumstances from Jean Loring; As the Atom, Ray follows Jean as she goes on fact finding about the type of plants that are used, and decides to wait out in a greenhouse to keep a secret eye on Jean; When Jean nods off, Atom notices a group of Dryads that suddenly spring out of the flowers and fly away on petals. Atom follows after them and learns that they are under the control of a criminal called the Plant Master, who intends to use his mutated plants to try and take over the world; Trying to stop the Planet Master, the Atom is trapped in a Venus fly trap while the Planet Master leaves with the Dryads to initiate his plan.