Comic Title: All-American Comics #50
Publisher: DC (J.R. Publishing Company)
Address: 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: April 14, 1943 Copyright Date April 10, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly except May, August, November and February
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Sheldon Mayer

Title: "The Atom Is Dead"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Atom (Al Pratt of Earth-2)

Writer: Ted Udall
Artist: Joe Gallagher

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in All-Star Comics #16; next appearance in All-American Comics #51)

Villain(s)

• Moustache Max and his mob (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Moustache Max wants to inspire his mob, so he phones in a report that the Atom is dead. With the Atom believed dead, the gang tries a bank robbery. However, the Atom has heard the reports of his own demise and stops the robbers. Max tries to deny his involvement in the robbery, so the Atom plays dead, making the police believe it was Max who killed him. Max confesses to the bank robbery in an attempt to beat a murder rap. The Atom then reveals that he was faking in order to get the confession.