*DC: Following the successful ‘reboots’ of the Flash and the Green Lantern, DC, in the late 50s/early 60s, rushed to reinvent more of its Golden Age characters with a Space Age twist. One such was the Atom, who in the 1940s was just a short guy who beat people up a lot (overcompensating much?), but in the 1960s became scientist Ray Palmer, who harnessed the power of White Dwarf star matter to become the Atom, a Tiny Titan adventuring in a land of the giants! Gardner Fox’s imaginative script, if somewhat shaky on the hard science, ran high in drama, and the superb kinetic artwork of Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson made this a memorable debut. Now a staple of DC’s ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ TV series, the Atom has gone through many iterations, but remains a central figure in the DC Universe. This copy of his first appearance is a VG+ cents copy, with only a 2″ diagonal tear at the base of the back cover – relatively unobtrusive – precluding a still higher grade. On sale at £260. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD