Comic Title: Power of the Atom #18
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1989
On Sale Date: September 26, 1989 Shipping Date September 26, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #171

Copyright Date September 26, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Shipping Date September 28, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #9

Direct Market Date September 28, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #115, #116, #118

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

Title: "Life After Death"
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 #17; next appearance in Suicide Squad #44)

Supporting Character(s)

• Norman Brawler (last appearance in Power of the Atom #17; no further appearances)
• Alpheus V. Hyatt (last appearance in Power of the Atom #17; no further appearances)
• Enrica Negrini (last appearance in Power of the Atom #17; no further appearances)
• Jean Loring (last appearance in Power of the Atom #13; next appearance in Suicide Squad #44)

Villain(s)

• Everett Bailey (last appearance in Power of the Atom #17; no further appearances)
• The Sting (last appearance in Power of the Atom #17; no further appearances)
• Ginsburg and Hubbard (last appearance in Power of the Atom #17; no further appearances)
• Blacksnake (last appearance in Power of the Atom #17; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Kevin Stevens (first name revealed; last appearance in Power of the Atom #17; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Chronos (in flashback)
• Laethwen (in flashback)

Comments:
This story is continued from Power of the Atom #17.

Synopsis:
After confronting CIA chief Bailey and his co-conspirators, the Atom shrinks them all to tiny size permanently. He turns them over to agent Stevens, then has a meeting with the CIA director to establish a new identity for himself. The director is actually happy about Bailey because now he has a group of tiny spies to use in the field.

Before embarking on his new life, Ray returns home one last time. He delivers the story to Norman and says farewell to Professor Hyatt and Enrica Negrini. Later, at a book signing, Norman and Jean Loring wonder where Ray is now, and when the Atom may return.