Comic Title: Atom #23
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1966
On Sale Date: December 2, 1965 Copyright Date December 2, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Thief with the Tricky Toy"
Pages: 11

Feature(s):
Atom (Ray Palmer of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:The Atom Vol. 2 TPB (2008)

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Atom #23; next appearance in Flash #158)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jean Loring (last appearance in Atom #22; next appearance in Atom #24)

Villain(s)

• Billy Knolles (a handyman; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Avery Prentiss and his wife (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When Jean Loring visits a client on Tanucket Island, she interrupts a robbery. The thief rushes past Jean where he tangles with the Atom. The thief tries using a toy rigged with a gun to shoot the Mighty Mite, but he misses. Atom is still knocked unconscious during the fight and the thief escapes.

When the Atom recovers, he learns that Jean was arrested since she was found in the house with a bag of loot. Atom explains the story to police, then uses the toy to track the thief. Atom finds the man escaping the island by boat. Atom cuts off the crook's escape, allowing authorities to arrest him.