THE ATOM and HAWKMAN #39 (Oct1968) 6.5 FN+ First Team-Up Issue! Kubert Cover!

Item Specifics

Series Name

THE ATOM AND HAWKMAN

Issue Number

#39

Publisher

DC Comics

Main Character

Atom

Genre

Superhero

Grade

6.5 FN+

Certification

Uncertified

Signed

No

Item Description

After THE ATOM #38, the 'Tiny Titan' had his title changed to reflect his partnering with HAWKMAN - and that gave us The ATOM and HAWKMAN #39 - the first of 6 Silver Age issues with that title.

Inside the Joe Kubert cover, in the Robert Kanigher story titled "Vengeance of the Silver Vulture", we find Katar and Shayera Hall and Ray Palmer on vacation in Mexico City, where they are told a prophecy that wings will come between them. Shayera goes shopping alone, while Katar and Ray take a helicopter to see Mayan ruins and rescue a boy from a trained puma. The animal was set upon him by the descendant of an ancient high priest because he had dared to stop an animal sacrifice. This priest, Tekla, has sent his followers into a dangerous mine to seek the Silver Vulture, an artifact which is a supposed harbinger of evil for the tribe.

Katar stops them, and the Atom enters the mine instead. He finds the statue, but it releases gases that cause him to hate all winged creatures. When he leaves the mine, he knocks out Hawkman, and the priest gets the Vulture. Shayera is summoned to help, but is captured by Tekla, anesthetized, and dressed as a reincarnation of his high priestess. When her husband sees her, he fails to recognize her.

Hawkman sends a vulture to bring Ray back, but the Atom kills the bird. The Atom returns to the village with Miguel, the boy he had helped rescue earlier, and once there, a lightning bolt restores his senses. He frees Hawkman, Hawkgirl frees herself, and they overcome the Mayans. The Silver Vulture melts on the sacrificial pyre.

Energetic, appealing and solid art by Murphy Anderson! There is also a double page spread announcing the new CBS Saturday Morning line-up of cartoons (always fun and nostalgic!).

This is a really nice copy of this 53-year old comic, with a strong binding, minimal toning, and good color. Some mild warping from years of being stored less than ideally is present, but not very noticeable. We are conservatively grading this a 6.5 VF- . . . which Overstreet pegs at $18 . . . but we'd like you to have this 'First Issue' for just $13 . . . with our always-L•O•W shipping of just $2!

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