Comic Title: Atom #9
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Oct/Nov 1963
On Sale Date: August 22, 1963 Copyright Date August 22, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Seaman and the Spyglass"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Atom (Ray Palmer of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Atom Archives Vol. 2 HC (2003)
Showcase Presents:The Atom Vol. 1 TPB (2007)

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Atom #9; next appearance in Atom #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alpheus V. Hyatt (last appearance in Atom #6; next appearance in Atom #12)

Villain(s)

• Three abductors working for the King of France (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jan Lippershey (inventor of the telescope; no further appearances)
• Pieter, Hannes, and Paul (Lippershey's children; no further appearances)
• Henry Hudson (an explorer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Atom travels through the time pool to the year 1609. He meets Jan Lippershey the inventor of the telescope and rescues Henry Hudson from some abductors working for the King of France. Then he returns to the present with Lippershey’s glasses as proof of his trip.