Sword of the Atom Special #2 (1985) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane	Atom [Ray Palmer]
1	Thanks to Amazing Heroes Best 10 Books of 1984	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	-	comic story	40	script: Jan Strnad; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; colors: Tom Ziuko; letters: John Costanza	Atom [Ray Palmer]; Voss; Princess Laethwen; Torbul; Norman Brawler; Paul Hoben; Jean Loring; Trucien
4	Red Tornado Finally Gets Himself Together	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Frank McLaughlin
6	You Really Expect Us to Get People to Pay For This?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Karl Kesel	Legion of Substitute Heroes [Fire Lad; Infectious Lass; Porcupine Pete; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Polar Boy; Color Kid]
10	Sword of the Atom	text article	1	script: Alan Gold
11	Guest Meanwhile...	in-house column	1	script: Gayden Wren

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.25 USD; barcode 0709893329955
Canadian	price 1.60 CAD; barcode 0709893329955

Collection	Year
Sword of the Atom #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-1553-8	2007	On eBay ›

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