Mighty Atom #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Mighty Atom and the Pixies," Aunt Polly takes the Mighty Atom and his companions on a walk where they encounter three mischievous pixies who lure them away with promises of candy and magical adventures. The pixies trick the group into boarding a wagon, which carries them across a canyon to a mysterious tribe; the Mighty Atom must use his strength to help the children escape the pixies' schemes and return home safely. Along the way, the Mighty Atom demonstrates his powers by squeezing grapes into juice and otherwise outwitting the magical creatures, ultimately thwarting the pixies' plans.
When two troublemaking insects—Spud Spider and Andy Ant—stage a false alarm to lure the Mighty Atom away from Pixerary, they plan to rob Polly Pixie's house while the hero is busy. Polly and the children must act fast to warn the Mighty Atom that he's been tricked, using an unconventional message on Pixerary Hill to bring him back in time. The Mighty Atom returns to teach the crooks a lesson they won't soon forget.
When Milt Mole threatens to tunnel beneath the entire city of Pixerary, Pete Pixie and his band of brave pixies must stop him—but a maze of underground passages leaves them hopelessly lost in the darkness. Fortunately, Pete calls upon the Mighty Atom, who arrives in a flash to take on the tunneling menace and protect Pixerary from destruction.
When a scheming sparrow tricks three young pixies into slavery with promises of candy, it falls to Pete Pixie to transform into the Mighty Atom and confront the bird in his Birdland lair. But the sparrow has prepared a nasty surprise—a mysterious mechanical machine with a powerful suction that proves more than even the mighty pixie's strength can handle. With the machine threatening to keep him trapped forever, the Mighty Atom must find a way to turn the tables before his friends are lost to captivity for good.
Ol' Smokey spins a tall tale for young Rusty about his days as a fearless scout leading wagon trains across the untamed frontier, complete with perilous encounters and quick thinking when danger strikes. This 1958 humor adventure pits our storytelling hero against impossible odds in the Old West, where a single sneeze threatens to give away the caravan's position. Watch as Smokey pulls resourceful stunt after stunt to keep the settlers safe and moving toward Pittsburgh.
When Ferdy Firebug stockpiles explosives to destroy Pixerary once and for all, Pete Pixie must transform into the Mighty Atom to stop the catastrophe before the fuses ignite. Racing against time and flames, the Atom uses quick thinking and a salvaged egg beater to outsmart the villain and save both the pixie settlement and Polly Pixie from fiery doom.
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