Power of the Atom

    (DC, 1988–1989)
™ and ©1988 DC Comics, Inc.

At the end of his adventure in Sword of the Atom, Palmer escaped the police in South America by beaming himself through a phone line. This old trick, which he hadn’t tried in several years, went horribly awry. He literally burst through the phone at his old residence in America, but his costume vanished, and he was only able to reach the height of three feet before losing control of his power. He theorized that the new technology of microwave transmission had altered his structure as he beamed through the international communications satellite.

As bad as this was, an altered physical structure and the loss of his powers were not Palmer’s only problems. His wife had left him just as he left for South America, and currently believed him to be dead; the house he had once owned with her had been sold; and now his old “friends” at the CIA had learned that he was back in town, and were anxious to renew their acquaintance with the new Atom.
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#1

August, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
23 copies available from $0.75 		Roger SternDwayne Turner
#1 (Newsstand Edition by Dwayne Turner)

August, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
2 copies available from $1.00 		Roger SternDwayne Turner
#2

September, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
12 copies available from $0.50 		Roger SternDwayne Turner
#2 (Newsstand Edition by Dwayne Turner)

September, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
1 copy available for $3.98 		Roger SternDwayne Turner
#3

October, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
12 copies available from $0.50 		Roger SternDwayne Turner
#3 (Newsstand Edition by Dwayne Turner)

October, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
1 copy available for $3.98 		Roger SternDwayne Turner
#4

November, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
7 copies available from $1.99 		Roger Stern, Joe CalchiDwayne Turner, Jim Balent
#5

December, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
12 copies available from $0.50 		Roger SternDwayne Turner
#5 (Newsstand Edition by Dwayne Turner)

December, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
1 copy available for $3.98 		Roger SternDwayne Turner
#6

December, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
8 copies available from $0.50 		Roger SternJohn Byrne
#6 (Newsstand Edition by Keith Wilson)

December, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
1 copy available for $3.99 		Roger SternJohn Byrne
#7

December, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
14 copies available from $0.50 		Roger SternGraham Nolan
#8

January, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
12 copies available from $0.50 		Roger SternGraham Nolan
#9

February, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
10 copies available from $0.75 		Roger SternGraham Nolan
#10

March, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
8 copies available from $0.27 		Roger SternGraham Nolan
#11

April, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
6 copies available from $0.50 		Roger SternGraham Nolan
#11 (Newsstand Edition by Graham Nolan)

April, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
1 copy available for $2.98 		Roger SternGraham Nolan
#12

May, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
8 copies available from $0.50 		William Messner-LoebsGraham Nolan
#13

June, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
8 copies available from $0.50 		William Messner-LoebsGraham Nolan
#14

July, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
8 copies available from $0.50 		Roger Stern, Tom PeyerGraham Nolan
#15

August, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
7 copies available from $0.50 		Roger Stern, Tom PeyerGraham Nolan
#16

September, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
9 copies available from $0.50 		Tom PeyerGraham Nolan
#17

October, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
6 copies available from $1.00 		Tom PeyerGraham Nolan
#18

November, 1989
Cover Price: $1.00
4 copies available from $2.50 		Tom PeyerGraham Nolan