Comic Title: Atom Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2003
On Sale Date: October 15, 2003 Direct Market Date October 22, 2003
Source: Previews, Vol. 13 #8 (#176)

Direct Market Date October 15, 2003
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 216
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Mysterious Swan-Maiden"
Pages: 12

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

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

Reprinted From:
Atom #10 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Atom (last appearance in Atom #10; next appearance in Justice League of America #24)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jean Loring (last appearance in Atom #10; next appearance in Atom #11)

Villain(s)

• Doro Briggs and her swan (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Judge Emil Potter, Johnny Trent, Rutherford Toller, and Bill Cook (participants in a trial; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Several robberies are committed by a female crook that witnesses claim turned into a swan to escape. The swan is arrested, and Jean Loring is assigned to defend it. The Atom testifies that he did not see the girl transform.

During the trial he learns of a book about the swan girl legend. He learns the book was checked out of the library by Doro Briggs. When he confronts her, she reveals herself as the thief. The Atom obtains her confession using a hidden tape recorder, learning that she used the trained swan to trick witnesses.