Dates
- Cover date
- September 1962
- On sale
- July 26, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Murphy Anderson, Curt Swan, Win Mortimer, Carmine Infantino, Kurt Schaffenbergerinks: Murphy Anderson, George Klein, Win Mortimer, Joe Giella, Kurt Schaffenbergerletters: Ira Schnappscript: John Broome, Julius Schwartz, Jack Schiff, Gardner Fox
Stories
- When the Earth Blacked Out! [Chapter 1] · 8.67 pages
The Knights meet a race of hostile mole-people from an underground civilization.
- When the Earth Blacked Out! Chapter 2 · 5.67 pages
The mole-people are defeated because of their aversion to light. Later, Douglas reveals his discovery that the mole-people's first step in their plan was six years earlier when they began the nuclear war that destroyed most life on Earth.
- The Imaginary Dooms! · 8.67 pages
A young science fiction fan is accidentally brought to the planet Kor-Am to save its people from a strange menace, and he figures out the solution that had eluded them.
Characters
Gardner GrayleMarene HeraldDouglas HeraldHollis HobardWayne HobardBryndon
Reprinted in
Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961), The Atomic Knights (2010), Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (2014)