Comic Title: Atom Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2001
On Sale Date: June 13, 2001 Direct Market Date May 16, 2001
Source: Previews, Vol. 11 #3 (#147)

Direct Market Date June 13, 2001
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, June 13, 2001

Direct Market Date June 13, 2001
Source: Diamond Shipping List, Shipping This Week: June 13

Direct Market Date June 13, 2001
Source: Usenet, Late Comics Report for the week of June 14, 2001

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Battle of the Tiny Titans"
Pages: 15

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Murphy Anderson

Reprinted From:
Showcase #34 (1961)

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Showcase #34; next appearance in Showcase #35)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jean Loring (last appearance in Showcase #34; next appearance in Showcase #35)

Villain(s)

• Carl Ballard (a small time thief; next appearance in Atom #2)

Other Character(s)

• Kulan Dar (a tiny alien from Julnar; no further appearances)
• Alma Wilson (a bank teller; next appearance in Showcase #36)
• Alma's boss, a lawyer, a judge, and jury (no further appearances)

Comments:
Ray first designs and uses his costume in this story. He also makes his first official appearance as the Atom.

This issue contains a 2-page text feature "Inside the Atom" recapping the history of the first Atom, Al Pratt. It also described the Atom's ability to travel through phone lines.

Synopsis:
A tiny genie appears in a bank and steals money before disappearing. Bank Teller, Alma Wilson, is accused of the crime, prompting her to ask her friend, Jean Loring, to be her attorney.

Jean’s boyfriend, Ray Palmer, who has just finished designing a costume which appears only when he shrinks to tiny size, as the Atom, encounters the genie in his lab. After a short scuffle, the genie explains he is an alien, Kulan Dar, who has become trapped on Earth. He is being controlled by a small time criminal because he needs the element Europium to return home.

After Kulan Dar disappears, Atom tracks down the crook, Carl Ballard. Ballard commands the alien to defend him, forcing the tiny titans to battle each other. Atom delays Kulan Dar long enough to gain possession of the dominator device Ballard used to gain control. Kulan then confesses his crime in court, which frees Alma, and leads to Ballard arrest.