The Ultimate Atom Collection
Atom 6
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Atom 6 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Pacific Coast
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Certification #:
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4278360003
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #6 features the second Time Pool story, the “Highwayman and the Mighty Mite.” When Alpheus Hyatt uses his Time Pool again (now perfecting it to focus on specific points in history) he manages to pull back a letter from the year 1739 written by Jane de la Marie. The letter is about how King George II’s refusal to release her husband until the criminal highwayman named Tom Palmer (AKA Dick Turpin) is arrested.
Curious about his ancestor's rogue past, Ray returns to Hyatt's home that night to travel through the Time Pool as the Atom. There he secretly helps Jane de la Marie capture Dick Turpin, before returning to his own time with bringing a note for Hyatt to show that Turpin was captured and de la Marie's husband was freed afterward.
Our WP 9.8 comes from the Pacific Coast Collection and is the sole 9.8 in the census. Considered the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface, the Pacific Coast collection was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on eBay in 1999. The books were marketed through PCE over the next several years and contained over 7,000 comics and magazines that included Marvel, DC, and Gold Key among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977. Many of the highest graded Marvel and DC issues from the early '60s hail from this collection with exceptional page quality. The books do not exhibit any distinguishing markings.
We acquired the book from a friend and fellow collector in May 2023.*
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