Comic Title: Atom Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2003
On Sale Date: October 15, 2003 Direct Market Date October 22, 2003
Source: Previews, Vol. 13 #8 (#176)

Direct Market Date October 15, 2003
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 216
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Riddle of the Two-Faced Astronaut"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted From:
Atom #6 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Justice League of America #18; next appearance in Atom #6)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jean Loring (last appearance in Atom #5; next appearance in Justice League of America #19)

Villain(s)

• Howard Crane (a stage manager; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Wizardo the Great and Peter Venner (a magician and an astronaut; no further appearances)
• A studio manager (no further appearances)
• An unnamed policeman (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Ray Palmer and Jean Loring attend a performance of Wizardo the Great, a magician. During the performance, a man matching the description of Peter Venner, Wizardo’s astronaut assistant, robs a nearby business. Venner is nearly arrested, but Ray talks the police into allowing him to do another performance.

The crook strikes again, but this time the Atom is there to stop him. The crook is unmasked as stage manager Howard Crane. Crane escapes, but Atom deduces where the loot was been hidden and captures Crane when he tries to retrieve it.