Comic Title: Secret Origins #25
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: April 1988
On Sale Date: December 15, 1987 Shipping Date December 15, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #47

Shipping Date December 15, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #131
Misnumbered #24

Newsstand Date January 7, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #131
Misnumbered #24

Copyright Date December 15, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: (The Origin of the Golden Age Atom)
Pages: 19

Feature(s):
Atom (Al Pratt Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Mike Clark
Inker: Robert Downs
Letterer: Jean Simek (Izzo)
Letterer: Susan Kronz
Letterer: Janice Chiang
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Last Days of the Justice Society of America TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #31)

Supporting Character(s)

• Joe Morgan (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #19)
• Mary James (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #48)

Villain(s)

• Three unnamed kidnappers (no further appearances)
• A gang of thieves (no further appearances)
• Biff Bronston and his friends (bullies; no further appearances)
• A purse snatcher (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Flash (in flashback)
• Green Lantern (in flashback)
• Wildcat (in flashback)
• Guardian (in flashback)
• Nuklon (pictured as Al's godson)
• Tigress (Paula Brooks; in flashback)

Comments:
This story is a post-Crisis adaptation of the second story of All-American Comics #19 and the third story of All-American Comics #20.

Synopsis:
College sophomore Al Pratt is bullied because of his short stature. When he meets destitute former boxer Joe Morgan, Al helps him with food and shelter. In return Joe begins training Al to the peak of physical fitness. After a year, Al is strong and muscular.

Al seeks to win the heart of Mary James. When she is kidnapped, he rescues her, but instead of revealing himself as her savior, Al leaves a calling card with the name the Atom. At a formal dance, Al goes into action again when crooks try to steal Mary's necklace. This time he wears a mask. The Atom then becomes the latest costumed mystery man and eventually becomes a founding member of the JSA.