Sword of the Atom Vol 1 1

"Book One: Stormy Passage": Ray Palmer discovers his wife Jean cheating on him with her new legal partner, Paul Hoban. Hurt, he takes a trip to the Amazon jungle in search of a White Dwarf Star Fragment, but is attacked by the pilots of

"Book One: Stormy Passage"
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Sword of the Atom Vol 1 #1
September, 1983
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Gil Kane
Book One: Stormy Passage
Writers	Jan Strnad
Pencilers	Gil Kane
Inkers	Gil Kane
Colorists	Tom Ziuko
Letterers	John Costanza
Editors	Dick Giordano Gil Kane
Next Issue	Sword of the Atom # 2

Even without my size control, I can give these guys a run for their money. After all, I didn't spend ten years bouncing off erasers for nothing.

— Ray Palmer

Sword of the Atom #1 is an issue of the series Sword of the Atom (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1983.

Synopsis for "Book One: Stormy Passage"

Ray Palmer discovers his wife Jean cheating on him with her new legal partner, Paul Hoban. Hurt, he takes a trip to the Amazon jungle in search of a White Dwarf Star Fragment, but is attacked by the pilots of his charter plane, who are cocaine smugglers. He becomes the Atom to fight back, but the plane crashes and both smugglers die. The Atom discovers his size-and-weight controls have been short-circuited, stranding him at six-inch height in the jungle. He encounters a tribe of tiny yellow-skinned people, including Princess Laethwen and rebel leader Taren, both of them citizens of the hidden city of Morlaidh. Atom and Taren are taken prisoner, though the Atom attempts to fight back. Meanwhile, in Ivy Town, Jean Loring hears that her husband's wedding band has been discovered in the plane wreckage in Brazil and mistakenly assumes Ray Palmer is dead.

Appearing in "Book One: Stormy Passage"

Featured Characters:

• Atom (Ray Palmer)

Supporting Characters:

• Jean Loring
• Katarthans (First appearance)
  • Princess Laethwen (First appearance)
  • Taren (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Boundsmen (First appearance)
• Caellich (First appearance)
• Drug Smugglers
  • Pilot (Unnamed) (Single appearance; dies)
  • Juan (Single appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Paul Hoben (First appearance)
• Two Brazilian Police Officers
  • (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
  • Sgt Luiz (Unnamed) (First appearance)

Locations:

• South America
  • Brazil
    • Manaus
      • Airfield
    • Amazon Rainforest
      • Morlaidh (First appearance)
• United States of America
  • Connecticut
    • Ivy Town
      • Palmer's Residence

Items:

• White Dwarf Star
• Portable Scintillation Detector
• Bio-Belt
• Ray Palmer's Ring

Vehicles:

• Airplane (Destroyed)
• Bullfrog (Used as a Horse by the Katarthans)
  

Notes

• The science behind Ray Palmer's White Dwarf Star powers has been updated, stating that he "extracted microscopic particles of a dying sun, a White Dwarf Star... from that rock" to fashion his costume and Bio-Belt.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Sword of the Atom series
• Images from Sword of the Atom Vol 1 1