Showcase #36
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Prisoner in a Test Tube!", Ray's latest proposal hits a snag when jewel thefts plague Ivytown—each crime committed with eerie, invisible precision. The Atom, attending a high-stakes chess match with a platinum set, finds himself trapped inside a rook and whisked away mid-game, only to uncover a bizarre new threat: Greg Philips, a reporter wielding mind-over-matter powers from a deceased scientist’s pills. Written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Gil Kane with inks by Murphy Anderson, this 1962 Showcase tale blends sci-fi intrigue and romantic tension, all wrapped in a cover by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson.
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Ray once again proposes to Jean, but she's distracted by "invisible robberies" of jewelry all over town. The Atom attends a chess match with a platinum chess set and hides in a rook. The entire set is whisked up and away "invisibly". Greg Philips, feature writer for the Ivytown Herald, has gained "mind over matter" with pills invented by a deceased scientist. The Atom escapes a poison-fumed box, telephones to the crime in progress, and scotches Philips. But Jean still won't marry him!
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