BRIGHTEST DAY: THE ATOM SPECIAL #1

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: Nucleus Prologue RELEASE DATE: July 8, 2010 WRITER(s): Jeff Lemire PENCILER(s): Mahmud Asrar INKER(s): John Dell COLORS: Pete Pantazis LETTERS: Sal Cipriano EDITOR(s): Brian Cunningham; Sean Ryan COVER: Gary Frank & Brad Anderson PRICE: $2.99 U.S. CHARACTERS: Atom (Ray Palmer); Professor Alpheus P. Hyatt COVER ART: INTERIOR ART: PLOT: Discover all-new allies, enemies and adventure as The Atom leaps from the pages of BRIGHTEST DAY into this one-shot special! Rising stars Jeff Lemire (SWEET TOOTH) and Mahmud Asrar (Avengers: The Initiative) update the Atom’s origin and kick off the tiny titan’s next major story, which continues this month in ADVENTURE COMICS #516 (see page 87). If you thought you knew Ray Palmer, then think again! The smallest hero in the DCU is about to become one of its biggest, and the excitement starts right here!

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