Power of the Atom #11

The tagline "Cutting the Tension!" says it all — on the cover by Graham Nolan and Brett Breeding, the Atom squares off against a full-sized opponent right on a desktop calendar, with an enormous pair of scissors serving as the unlikely weapon of choice in their mid-air brawl. The playful contrast of a shrunken superhero battling an ordinary-sized man amid mundane office supplies gives this April 1989 issue a wonderfully offbeat energy. Roger Stern's story, "Mightier Than the Sword!", promises the same sharp wit the series had been delivering all along.