Showcase #35

Showcase #35 brings DC's "World's Smallest Super-Hero" to the spotlight in a story titled "The Dooms from Beyond!" — and the cover by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson sets the stage with real urgency: a shrunk-down Atom streaks through the air in his red-and-blue costume, diving toward a blazing fireball threat while a startled blond young man nearby urges him on with the words "Up an' at 'em, Atom… smash that fireball menace!" It's a vivid 1961 snapshot of the size-changing hero in full action, rendered with Kane's dynamic figures and Anderson's crisp inking at just ten cents a copy.