Comic Title: Power of the Atom #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1988
On Sale Date: April 26, 1988 Shipping Date April 26, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date April 26, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Newsstand Date May 19, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Copyright Date April 26, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date April 26, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754, #756

Newsstand Date May 10, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754, #756

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

Title: "Home Is the Hero"
Pages: 22

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

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Dwayne Turner
Inker: Keith Stan Wilson
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Secret Origins #29; next appearance in Power of the Atom #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Norman Brawler (first appearance; next appearance in Power of the Atom #2)
• Laethwen (last appearance in Secret Origins #29; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• A group of land developers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Voss (last appearance in Secret Origins #29; no further appearances)
• Don Brice (a CIA agent; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Several CIA agents (no further appearances)
• Residents of New Morlaidh (last appearance in Secret Origins #29; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jean Loring (in a photograph)
• Justice League (in a photograph)
• Superman (in a photograph)
• Aquaman (in a photograph)
• Flash (in a photograph)
• Hawkman (in a photograph)

Synopsis:
Don Brice, a CIA agent, reaches the city of New Morlaidh to deliver a warning to the Atom. He then dies. The Atom recommends the Katarthans evacuate the city while he goes after a group of land developers who are planning to burn the jungle surrounding the city with napalm in order to make room for farmland. Due to a language barrier, the Atom can't communicate with the Portuguese developers. They see him as a demon and attack. In the ensuing fight, a stray gunshot strikes the stored napalm and creates a devastating explosion.

The Atom is knocked out, and when he regains consciousness, everything in the surrounding area has been destroyed including New Morlaidh. After a search for the Katarthans comes up empty, the Atom goes after the developers again. They trap him in a sealed room, but he is able to escape via the phone lines.

The Atom emerges from the phone of his friend Norman Brawler. He then grows to a height of three feet tall and passes out. When he recovers, he is stuck at that size. Brawler calls a doctor for help which brings Ray to the attention of the CIA.