Showcase #36 (1962) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Prisoner in a Test Tube!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Atom [Ray Palmer]
2	Prisoner in a Test Tube!	comic story	11.33	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Atom [Ray Palmer]; unnamed secret agent; Professor Anton Kraft; Professor Loring; Jean Loring; enemy agents; FBI and CIA agents
3	For the Very Best in Comics Reading	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
4	A Mesa and a Butte?...	comic story	0.5
6	Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Carmine Infantino
8	-	letters page	2	script: Julius Schwartz
9	-	comic story	1
10	The "Disappearing Act" Robberies!	comic story	12.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring; Alma Wilson Barnes; Jim Barnes; Greg Phillips (villain); Mayor Andrews; Jason Saunders (flashback)
11	For the Very Best in Comics Reading	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
12	Another Giant Batman Collection!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Action Comics #443	1975	On eBay ›
The Atom Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-717-2	2001	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: The Atom #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1363-3	2007	On eBay ›

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