The Atom #10 is an issue of the series Atom (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1964.
Synopsis for "Ride a Deadly Grenade!"
In Austria, a scientist named Ferdinand Alt (who is disguised as a toymaker) has come up with Cavorite, a material that can cause items to defy gravity. When Alt is killed by foreign spies, the CIA once more goes to Jean Loring to get the help of the Atom.
The Atom travels to Austria where he tries to stop the spies from collecting a toy flying saucer which has the only working supply of Cavorite device. The Atom easily defeats the spies and recaptures the toy and flies it back to America. However when he arrives, he tells the CIA that Alt was a double agent, and that Cavorite, if exposed to too much electricity would turn into a bomb. Thanking the Atom for his aid, the CIA takes the device into their possession to study it further.
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Synopsis for "The Mysterious Swan-Maiden!"
Jean Loring is participating in the weirdest criminal trial she has ever defended: a case in which the accused thief is a swan. Witness testimony suggests that the thief was a woman, who after her theft of a bank, transformed into a swan and made an escape.
However, the Atom gets involved and learns that it was all an elaborate hoax perpetuated by a real woman. Using special effects, a slight disguise, and a rented home, she tried to pull off her robbery and convince everyone that it was a swan that robbed the bank. Having recorded her confession, the Atom easily defeats the woman and turns her over to the police.
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Notes
- Reprinted in The Atom Archives Vol. 2.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Atom series
- Images from The Atom Vol 1 10