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The Atom#3
Cover: Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson

The Atom #3

Oct 1962 · DC · 0.12 USD
“The Time Trap!”

Atom helps out Hassan, Sinbad's grandson, by pretending to be "al Atom," the genie of Sinbad's old lamp. At the end of the story, the Atom speculates that the words "al Atom's lamp" were corrupted into "Aladdin's lamp", prompting the whole Aladdin's Lamp story. [synopsis by Michael Torregrossa]

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

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artist Gil Kane
cover pencils Gil Kane
cover inks Murphy Anderson

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Atom helps out Hassan, Sinbad's grandson, by pretending to be "al Atom," the genie of Sinbad's old lamp. At the end of the story, the Atom speculates that the words "al Atom's lamp" were corrupted into "Aladdin's lamp", prompting the whole Aladdin's Lamp story. [synopsis by Michael Torregrossa]

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