Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	October-November 1965
Frequency	Bi-Monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Combat Under Glass!"

Characters	The Atom [Ray Palmer]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Murphy Anderson

13 page Atom story "Combat Under Glass!"

Characters	The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Dr. Loring; Jean Loring; Professor Vasiliev (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Sid Greene
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Half page story "What's the Difference Between... Economical... Thrifty... Frugal..."

Notes

Follows page 6 of sequence 1. Followed by sequence 3.

Half page Cocoa Puffs advertisement "A Laugh a Minute with the Cuckoo Bird!"

Notes

Follows sequence 2. Followed by sequence 4.

1 page public service announcement "Are You a Litter-Bug?"

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Notes	Follows sequence 3. Followed by sequence 5.

Half page Kat from AMT; AMT Corporation advertisement "Kat Korners the King!"

Characters	AMT Kat; George Barris
Notes	Follows sequence 4. Followed by page 7 of sequence 1.

1 page Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios advertisement "Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"

Characters	Rocky; Bullwinkle
Genre	funny animals

1 page letters page "Inside the Atom"

Script	Julius Schwartz [as The Editor]
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Letters of comment from readers Paul Bakulski, Mike Friedrich and Andrew Fraknoi, with replies from Schwartz.

11 page Atom story "The Adventure of the Canceled Birthday!"

Characters	The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Henry Fielding; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt; Theodore Hyatt; Alfred Hyatt; Reddy Bolins (villain); John Fielding
Synopsis	In a "Time Pool" story, the Atom meets Henry Fielding.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Sid Greene
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Half page How's Trix? advertisement "Worth Shopping Around For..."

Characters	Trix
Genre	funny animals
Notes	Advertisement for the General Mills cereal.

Half page Cap's Hobby Center story "I want to return this weather kit I bought last week."

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)