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| Title = Sword of the Atom
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| Title = Sword of the Atom
 
| Image = Sword of the Atom Vol 1 1.jpg
 
| Image = Sword of the Atom Vol 1 1.jpg
 
| Volume = 1
 
| Volume = 1
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| StoryTitle1 = Book One: Stormy Passage
 
| StoryTitle1 = Book One: Stormy Passage
| Synopsis1 = 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.
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| Synopsis1 = 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.
   
 
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**** Palmer's Residence
 
**** Palmer's Residence
 
'''Items:'''
 
'''Items:'''
* White Dwarf Star
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* {{a|[[White Dwarf Star Fragment|White Dwarf Star]]}}
 
* Portable Scintillation Detector
 
* Portable Scintillation Detector
 
* {{a|[[Bio-Belt]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Bio-Belt]]}}
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'''Vehicles:'''
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
* Airplane {{Destroyed}}
 
* Airplane {{Destroyed}}
* Bullfrog ''(Used as a Horse by the Katarthans)''
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* Bullfrog {{blue|Used as a Horse by the Katarthans}}
   
 
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Revision as of 07:36, 25 February 2020

"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 th

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:

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Supporting Characters:

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:

Items:

Vehicles:

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




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