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Cover: Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson

Showcase #34

Sep 1961 · DC · 0.10 USD
“Birth of the Atom!”

Scientist Palmer is experimenting with his reducer lens to try and reduce objects in size without blowing them up, all without success. However, when he, Jean and students are trapped in a cave-in, he decides to use the lens on himself and save the others before he is destroyed. To his surprise, he is not destroyed as he becomes a human atom, and the lens later returns him to normal size.

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writer Gardner Fox · artist Gil Kane · inker Murphy Anderson · letterer Gaspar Saladino · cover Gil KaneMurphy Anderson

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artist Gil Kane
cover pencils Gil Kane
cover inks Murphy Anderson

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Scientist Palmer is experimenting with his reducer lens to try and reduce objects in size without blowing them up, all without success. However, when he, Jean and students are trapped in a cave-in, he decides to use the lens on himself and save the others before he is destroyed. To his surprise, he is not destroyed as he becomes a human atom, and the lens later returns him to normal size.

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