Comic Title: Atom & Hawkman #41
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1969
On Sale Date: December 3, 1968 Copyright Date December 3, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969


Newsstand Date December 3, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #70

Newsstand Date December 3, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #11

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

Title: "Return of the Seven-Year Dead Man"
Pages: 14

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Sid Greene

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Atom & Hawkman #40; next appearance in Justice League of America #69)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jean Loring (last appearance in Atom & Hawkman #40; next appearance in Atom & Hawkman #44)

Villain(s)

• Jason T. Madden (no further appearances)
• Grabs Gannon (Madden's former partner; no further appearances)
• Two unnamed henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Chuck Wheeler (a former crook; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jason Madden, a former crook that has had amnesia, has been officially declared dead after being missing for seven years. When Madden sees the story in a newspaper, he recovers his memory. He expects his former partners to be attending his funeral, but neither man shows up. Madden learns that the Atom arrested Grabs Gannon, but Chuck Wheeler did not show up either.

Madden tracks down Wheeler, who has gone straight and is now a successful businessman. Madden tries to kill Wheeler, but the Atom intervenes. Atom then stops Madden from pulling the same robbery that Grabs Gannon had attempted. Wheeler turns himself over to the police for his old crimes. He is given a suspended sentence because of his charitable work and honest life.