The Atom #24 for Sale - First Appearance of Jason Woodrue - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Atom (DC, 1962 series)
Issue: #24
Publication date: April-May 1966
Key date: 1966-04-00
On-sale date: 1966-02-01
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jason Woodrue - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Plant Master - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Atom-Destruction of Earth!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	The Atom, Ray Palmer, Jason Woodrue First
1	The Atom-Destruction of Earth!	comic story	23	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Sid Greene; letters: Gaspar Saladino	The Atom, Jean Loring, Ray Palmer, The Plant Master First, Jason Woodrue First
2	Dynamite! Choice!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: Ira Schnapp
4	Who Are the Real Kings of Super-Speed?	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	-	cartoon	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
6	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
7	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8	What's Your B.Q,? (Brotherhood Quotient)	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
9	Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.4	letters: typeset
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
12	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz

Plus 2.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Showcase Presents: The Atom #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1848-5	2008	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #2324 of 38#25 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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