Atom (comics)
The Atom is the title of a series of comic publications are issued by the U.S. publisher DC Comics since 1965.
Atomic Comics tell the adventures of scientist Ray Palmer ( The Atom called ) which has since contact with a red dwarf star about the ability to shrink his body down to microscopic size. The series belongs to the science fiction genre, and is located within this area in the superhero comics, a specifically American sub-genre of science fictions.
Publication data
The figure of the atom was developed in 1963 by the author Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson and was first presented in a story in issue # Series Showcase. Purpose of the publication in Showcase, an anthology series in the east coast publisher DC Comics in which this new concepts anteste on their popularity program was to examine whether the standalone Atom series would be worth it financially to sell well enough. After the story from Showcase # and some other nuclear - stories that appeared in Showcase satisfactorily selling DC Comics began in 1964 with the publication of a eponymous series called The Atom.
This first Atom series, which was later renamed The Atom and Hawkman, reaching a total of forty-five issues before it was discontinued in 1969. The renaming of the series in The Atom and Hawkman with issue #? marked a conceptual shift as atom from this magazine no more solo series was but a team series in which atomic and his " co-star " of Falk man Hawkman, as an equal duo experienced adventure. Principal authors of The Atom The Atom and Hawkman or were as authors besides Fox. Included Robert Kanigher and Dennis O'Neil As a signatory worked out with Anderson, among others, Dick Dillin.
Between September and December 1983, DC under the title Sword of the Atom a four-part mini-series on the market. This series shifted the scenario of The Atom from an American university town in the South American rainforest, where atom as a Conan -like warriors fantasy adventure deep in the jungle in the hidden world of a people of microscopic humanoid creatures dwarf experienced.
In the years 1984, 1985 and 1988 also appeared as three Sword of the Atom Special # 1-3 numbered special editions, illustrated by the artist Pat Broderick and Dennis Janke Tuscher.
From August 1988 to November 1989 brought DC under the title Power of the Atom a new continuous Atom series on the market, which reached a total of eighteen editions. Main authors of this series were Roger Stern (# 1-11, 14-15 ) and Tom Peyer (# 15-18), while William Messner - Loebs a guest, which issues # 12 and # 13 wrote. As an artist Dwayne Turner (# 1-5 ), John Byrne ( # 6) and Graham Nolan were employed.
In the years 1993 and 1995 published two special editions under the title Atom Special, written by Peyer and illustrated by the subscribers to Steve Dillon and Luke McDonnell.
From September 2006 until DC finally brought the series All New Atom on the market reached a total of nine issues. Author of this series was the American Gail Simone. As a signatory had, among other things John Byrne and Eddie Burroughs with.
In Germany, the Stuttgart Ehapa -Verlag published between 1979 and 1985 seven volumes under the title atom ( Subtitle: Superman presents ) the translations of some nuclear stories included.
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