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CATALOG RECORD

Sword of the Atom Special #2

DC · Series began 1984 · [July] 1985

Dates

Cover date
[July] 1985
On sale
April 9, 1985
Pages
52

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition$1.25 cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition$1.25 cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893329955 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition1.60 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 1.60 CAD.

    Barcode 0709893329955 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Story arc: Sword of the Atom

This is part 3 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Sword of the Atom #1
  2. Sword of the Atom #2
  3. Sword of the Atom Special #2

Creators

pencils: Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, Keith Giffen, Mike Grellinks: Gil Kane, Frank McLaughlin, Karl Keselscript: Jan Strnad, Alan Gold, Gayden Wrencolors: Tom Ziukoletters: John Costanza

Stories

  • Untitled · 40 pages

    When Jean is accidentally shrunken to six inches, Paul and Norman take her to the Amazon to try to find Ray for help. When they arrive, they find themselves in the middle of a battle between Atom and Torbul.

  • Sword of the Atom · Sword of the Atom · 1 pages

    Alan Gold describes in detail the intricacies of getting this series published.

Publisher’s description

The Atom must lead his warriors to rescue the kidnapped women from the Skul-Riders

Reprinted in

Sword of the Atom (2007)

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