After consulting the prior topics list, this isn't listed, and it will be a fairly easy one, which should generate a large variety of covers... which is what I like.

You mission, should you choose to accept it, is to post a cover with the word "Atomic" somewhere on the cover.

It can be in the actual title, in a cover blurb box or word balloon, or on an actual object or character (a ship or plane, for example). but it must be visible, and not simply implied. In other words, if a cover features a character with "Atomic" in their name (e.g. Atomic Mouse, Atomic Knights), but doesn't display the actual word on the cover, then it's a definite no-go. Also, the words "Atom", "Atomized", "Atomizer" etc. are not acceptable... it must be "Atomic".

Classics Illustrated Special Issue #156A - The Atomic Age, June 1960-- Gilberton Company

The rules for those new to the game:

- Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.

- Cover must be from a published comic book, comic-related magazine, or collected volume published before March 23, 2012.

- Please include also the title of the comic and the issue number in case some posters cannot see your image.

- Covers must be posted before voting begins.

- Voting takes place on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, beginning at 12:01am PST and ending at 11:59 am PST.

- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most. Please put the name of your choice in bold.

- The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends.

- The winner chooses the theme for the next week's contest.

- If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it.

- If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins.


have fun!

And for your cover-hunting background music, a little Slim Gaillard--