Comic Title: Power of the Atom #3
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1988
On Sale Date: June 28, 1988 Shipping Date June 28, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #5

Shipping Date June 30, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #142

Newsstand Date July 23, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #142

Copyright Date June 28, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date June 28, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #758, #760, #762

Newsstand Date July 12, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #758, #760, #762

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "15 Minutes of Fame"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Atom (Ray Palmer Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Dwayne Turner
Inker: Keith Stan Wilson
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Power of the Atom #2; next appearance in Power of the Atom #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jean Loring (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Power of the Atom #7)
• Alpheus V. Hyatt (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Power of the Atom #9)
• Norman Brawler (last appearance in Power of the Atom #2; next appearance in Power of the Atom #4)
• Enrica Negrini (last appearance in Power of the Atom #2; next appearance in Power of the Atom #8)
• Paul Hoben (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Power of the Atom #7)

Villain(s)

• Chronos (last appearance in Power of the Atom #6; next appearance in Power of the Atom #4)
• Strobe (first appearance; next appearance in Power of the Atom #12)
• Ron (an assistant to Chronos; next appearance in Power of the Atom #4)

Other Character(s)

• Everett Bailey (last appearance in Power of the Atom #2; next appearance in Power of the Atom #5)
• Kevin Stevens (last appearance in Power of the Atom #2; next appearance in Power of the Atom #5)
• Various reporters (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Voss (in flashback)
• Laethwen (in flashback)

Synopsis:
Ray Palmer visits Professor Alpheus Hyatt who was been hounded by reporters since the Atom's return. A small-time costumed crook named Strobe seizes the opportunity to make a name for himself by attacking. The Atom defeats the crook by disabling his armor from the inside. He then receives an offer to work as a CIA operative.