Atomic Mouse
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|caption=Atomic Mouse #1 (March 1953). Cover art by Al Fago
|character_name=Atomic Mouse
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|publisher=Charlton Comics
|debut=Atomic Mouse #1 (Mar. 1953)
|creators=Al Fago
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|powers=Flight, super strength
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Atomic Mouse is a talking animal superhero created in 1953 by Al Fago for Charlton Comics.{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=31 March 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/10/mode/2up/ |pages=11–12}}
Publication history
Created by writer-artist Al Fago, Atomic Mouse debuted in Charlton Comics' Atomic Mouse #1 (cover-dated March 1953).[http://www.toonopedia.com/atomic_m.htm Atomic Mouse] at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. [https://archive.today/20240525210012/https://www.webcitation.org/66jnAVkKJ?url=http://toonopedia.com/atomic_m.htm Archived] from the original on April 7, 2012.[https://www.comics.org/series/949/ Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1953 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017. The series ran 52 issues through cover-date February 1963.{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century: Volume Two |date=2019 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683902218 |chapter=Super-Animals}} The Grand Comics Database notes, "Overstreet has listed #53-54, but there is no evidence they actually exist."
From 1961 to 1962, Charlton published an additional five issues, vol. 2, #11-16, containing reprinted material and used as promotional giveaways.[https://www.comics.org/series/20229/ Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1961 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017. Another reprint issue, Atomic Mouse vol. 3, #1 (Dec. 1984) followed,[https://www.comics.org/series/2825/ Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1984 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017. as did a three-issue fourth volume (#10-12, Sept. 1985 – January 1986).[https://www.comics.org/series/11346/ Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1985 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
Writer Mike Curtis and penciler Charles Ettinger revamped the character in Shanda Fantasy Arts' SFA's Atomic Mouse, which ran for three issues published from 2001 to 2004.[https://www.comics.org/issue/869570/ SFA's Atomic Mouse] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.[https://www.comics.org/issue/869570/ SFA's Atomic Mouse #1 (Sept. 2001)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017. The same publisher issues the one-shot publication SFA's Atomic Mouse vs. Power Jack in 2009.[https://www.comics.org/issue/1261501/ SFA's Atomic Mouse vs. Power Jack] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
In November 2024, Atomic Mouse guest-starred in issue #9 of Tomorrow Girl, a title published by Antarctic Press written by John Holland, with art by Ben Dunn and Larry Guidry, alongside Herbie Popnecker and Fatman the Human Flying Saucer. {{cite web |url=https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/3037652/tomorrow-girl-9 |title=Tomorrow Girl #9 Reviews }}
Fago went on to create Atomic Rabbit (a.k.a. Atomic Bunny){{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/10/mode/2up/ |page=11}} and Atom the Cat.
Fictional character biography
Cimota Mouse (his first name being "atomic" spelled backwards) is an ordinary mouse whom an evil wizard shrinks to the size of an atom. In that microscopic realm, Professor Invento gives U-235 pills that grant Cimota superpowers, which he uses to fight for justice against the evil Count Gatto.{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/atomic/hope.asp|title=Living Under a Mushroom Cloud: Fear and Hope in the Atomic Age|author=Wisconsin Historical Museum|access-date=2007-02-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070129061241/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/atomic/hope.asp| archive-date= 29 January 2007 | url-status= live}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/atomictoys/atomictoys.htm Atomic Toys: Comic book covers]
- [http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/atomictoys/atomicmouse.htm Atomic Mouse no. 1, original (1953) and reissue (1984) covers]
- [http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/atomictoys/atomicrabbit.htm Atomic Rabbit no. 1]
- [http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/atomictoys/atomicbunny.htm Atomic Bunny no. 12]
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Category:Charlton Comics superheroes
Category:Charlton Comics titles
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1953
Category:Fictional mice and rats
Category:Anthropomorphic mice and rats
Category:Comics about anthropomorphic mice and rats