Comic Title: Secret Origins #29
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1988
On Sale Date: April 19, 1988 Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Newsstand Date May 12, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Copyright Date April 19, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Newsstand Date May 3, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: "The Secret Origin of the Atom"
Pages: 19

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

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Dwayne Turner
Inker: Keith Stan Wilson
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Reprinted In:
Legends of Tomorrow:The Atom TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Sword of the Atom Special #3; next appearance in Power of the Atom #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jean Loring (in flashback to the origin of the Atom; last appearance in Power of the Atom #4; next appearance in Power of the Atom #3)
• Laethwen (last appearance in Sword of the Atom Special #3; next appearance in Power of the Atom #1)

Villain(s)

• A tribe of outlanders (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Voss (a scientist from Morlaidh; next appearance in Power of the Atom #1)
• Ted Ralston (Ray's mentor; in flashback; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Power of the Atom #9)
• Residents of New Morlaidh (next appearance in Power of the Atom #1)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Ray Palmer (as a young boy; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Power of the Atom #4)
• Atom (Ray becomes the Atom; last appearance in Power of the Atom #4; next appearance in Sword of the Atom Special #3)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Chronos (in flashback)
• Justice League (in flashback)
• Batman (in flashback)
• Flash (in flashback)
• Green Lantern (in flashback)
• Aquaman (in flashback)
• Martian Manhunter (in flashback)
• Hawkman (in flashback)

Synopsis:
In the jungles of the Amazon, the Atom heads an archaeological dig which locates the star drive of the alien ship which brought the people of Morlaidh to Earth. As he examines the sphere of white dwarf material, the Atom tells the others the story of how he became the Atom.

When the tale is done, the city falls under attack by a tribe of outlanders. The Atom takes action to defend the city, and he triumphs. The Atom then returns to the lab where he finds a way to restore the people of Morlaidh to normal height, but he wonders if doing so would be a wise decision.