Comic Title: Atom & Hawkman #44
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1969
On Sale Date: June 3, 1969 Copyright Date June 3, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969


Newsstand Date June 3, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #73

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Hate Is Where You Find It"
Pages: 11

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

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Sid Greene

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Justice League of America #72; next appearance in Justice League of America #73)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jean Loring (last appearance in Atom & Hawkman #41; next appearance in Atom & Hawkman #45)

Villain(s)

• Ag (no further appearances)
• Clyde (a microscopic creature; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Heinrich Von Rilk (no further appearances)
• Two college boys and one of their fathers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Atom stops two college boys from assaulting Professor Heinrich Von Rilk. They are angry about the destruction of the school's electron-microscope and call the professor a Nazi. The professor claims that a microscopic lifeform was about to invade the Earth, so he destroyed the microscope to prevent the creature from reaching Earth. The Atom shrinks to microscopic size to confirm Von Rilk's story. He encounters Ag, the vanguard of an invasion force. The Atom stops Ag and permanently eliminates the possibility for the creature to invade Earth. His testimony in court then absolves Von Rilk of wrong-doing in the destruction of the microscope.