{"id":3765,"date":"2012-03-13T05:45:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T12:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=3765"},"modified":"2012-03-13T05:45:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T12:45:11","slug":"comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-102-the-atom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-102-the-atom\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Cover Swipes Exposed #102 the Atom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ray Palmer <\/strong>isn&#8217;t quite as small as an actual atom but he <em>is <\/em>really tiny! His size makes for some great cover shots that just wouldn&#8217;t fit a regular-sized super-hero. Here, <strong>Brian Bolland <\/strong>pays tribute to a classic <strong>Gil Kane <\/strong>cover from 40 years prior!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/atom-10.jpg\" alt=\"the Atom #10\" title=\"the Atom #10\"\/><br \/>\nthe Atom #10<br \/>\nJanuary 1964<br \/>\nGil Kane\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/dc-comics-presents-atom-1.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics Presents: the Atom #1\" title=\"DC Comics Presents: the Atom #1\"\/><br \/>\nDC Comics Presents: the Atom #1<br \/>\nOctober 2004<br \/>\nBrian Bolland\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><u>On Ebay<\/u>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22the+atom%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">the Atom<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On AtomicAvenue<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicavenue.com\/atomic\/SellerIssues.aspx?XT=1&amp;T=atom&amp;S=cyberspacecomics\" target=\"_blank\">Atom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics. Ray Palmer isn&#8217;t quite as small as an actual atom but he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swiped-comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3766,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions\/3766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}