Comic Title: Power of the Atom #17
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1989
On Sale Date: August 29, 1989 Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #169

Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Previews, #6

Shipping Date August 31, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #8

Direct Market Date August 31, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #110, #112, #113

Copyright Date August 29, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "Sword of the Atom"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Atom (Ray Palmer Post-Crisis)

Writer: Tom Robert Peyer
Penciller: Graham Nolan
Inker: Keith Stan Wilson
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Power of the Atom #16; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)

Supporting Character(s)

• Norman Brawler (last appearance in Power of the Atom #15; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)
• Alpheus V. Hyatt (last appearance in Power of the Atom #10; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)
• Enrica Negrini (last appearance in Power of the Atom #16; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)

Villain(s)

• Everett Bailey (last appearance in Power of the Atom #16; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)
• Blacksnake (last appearance in Power of the Atom #14; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)
• Ginsburg and Hubbard (last appearance in Power of the Atom #16; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)
• The Sting (Ronald Sweet; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)

Other Character(s)

• Kevin Stevens (last appearance in Power of the Atom #16; next appearance in Power of the Atom #18)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Laethwen (in flashback)

Comments:
This story continues in Power of the Atom #18.

Synopsis:
The Atom prepares to attack the CIA operatives who were responsible for the death of his lover, Laethwen, and her people. Meanwhile, Bailey is doing some preparation of his own by destroying files and getting to a safe house. His assistant Stevens finally learns the truth about his boss and is taken hostage for his trouble. When they reach the safe house, Stevens briefly escapes and calls the Atom.

The Atom travels across the phone line and reaches the safe house. He quickly defeats Bailey's men including the Sting, a costumed agent using the technology of the, now deceased, Bug-Eyed Bandit. Once the Atom reaches Bailey, he draws a specially constructed device which causes the CIA chief to disappear.