April.1988 ....................$1.25
Title: The Dreams of Youth
.......... 19 pgs.
Credits: Paul Levitz ( writer ); Rick Stasi ( pencils ); Dick Giordano ( inks ); John Costanza ( letters ); Carl Gafford ( colors ); Mark Waid ( editor )
Feature Characters: The Legion of Super-Heroes ( in flashback only, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl and Cosmic Boy )
Guest Stars: R.J. Brande ( last ..., next ... )
Villains:
Other Characters: Marla Latham ( Legion Advisor, in flashback only, next ... )
Chronological Commments:
Comments:This story is no longer part of continuity.
Title: ( The Secret Origin of The Golden Age Atom ) ......... 19 pgs.
Credits: Roy Thomas( writer/creative editor ); Mike Clark ( pencils ); Bob Downs ( inks ); Jean Simek, Susan Kronnz, Janice Chiang ( letters ); Carl Gafford ( colors ); ( editor )
Feature Characters: The Atom ( Al Pratt, first chrnological appearane, next All-American Comics #21 )
Guest Stars:
Villains: a gang of kidnappers and a gang of jewel theives ( first and only appearance for all )
Other Characters: Mary James ( Al's future girlfriend and classmate at Calvin College, first appearance, next ... ), Biff Bronston ( classmate of Al Pratt, and bully, appears next ... ), Joe Morgan ( Al's trainer, first appearance, appears next in flashback in All-Star Squadron Annual #1; he also appears next in All-American Comics #.., but this may no longer be in continuity )
Chronological Comments: This story takes place from "early 1940" thru late 1940. ( The Atom joins the Justice Society in November, 1940 and this story takes place before that one. ) Al begins the story as a college sophomore, so he is at least 18 years old.
Comments:
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