Showcase, #34
Published: September-October 1961
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Issue Contents:
Battle of the Tiny Titans!
Characters
- The Atom
- Ray Palmer
- Kulan Dar
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
"Complete 4 piece matched set of luggage"
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Advertisement for luggage and a voice recorder from Honor House Products Corp.
Birth of the Atom!
"From the strange combination of white dwarf star and sunlight--product of the awesome forces of nature at her..."
Storyline
Scientist Palmer is experimenting with his reducer lens to try and reduce objects in size without blowing them up, all without success. However, when he, Jean and students are trapped in a cave-in, he decides to use the lens on himself and save the others before he is destroyed. To his surprise, he is not destroyed as he becomes a human atom, and the lens later returns him to normal size.
Characters
- The Atom [Origin]
- Jean Loring
- Ray Palmer
- un-named students
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
"The general who posed with one hand in his vest was Napoleon Bonaparte"
Characters
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Featuring Giant Superman Annual; Secret Origins
Battle of the Tiny Titans!
"Unless I can find a way to overcome you--you'll keep on fighting me until one of us is destroyed!"
Characters
- The Atom
- Jean Loring
- Ray Palmer
- Kulan Dar
- Alma Wilson
- Carl Ballard (villain)
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Pages 10 and 15 are 2/3 pages.
Story Notes
At the bottom of page 10 of the previous story sequence. An advertisement for Tootsie Roll Pop.
Featuring Giant Batman Annual
Characters
- Batman
Story Notes
On the page immediately following page 10 of the previous story sequence.
Characters
- Superman
Story Notes
On the page immediately following page 10 of the previous story sequence.
Inside the Atom
"To those of you who are reading Showcase for the first time - welcome!"
Characters
- Atom [Al Pratt]
- Justice Society of America [JSA
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
- Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
- Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Hawkman [Carter Hall]
- Dr. Fate
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Hourman [Rex Tyler]]
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Ben Flinton
- Pencils: E. E. Hibbard
- Inks: Ben Flinton
- Inks: E. E. Hibbard
Story Notes
Illustrated with artwork from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #19 (October 1940) and All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #3 (Winter 1940-1941). On the two pages immediately preceding page 11 of the previous story sequence.
Story Notes
An advertisement for Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar.
Story Notes
An advertisement for greeting cards from Wallace Brown, Inc.
Story Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Company. Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.