Comic Title: Power of the Atom #4
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: November 1988
On Sale Date: July 26, 1988 Shipping Date July 26, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #6

Shipping Date July 28, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #146

Newsstand Date August 20, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #146

Copyright Date August 2, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date July 26, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #760

Newsstand Date August 9, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #760

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Carlin

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
Contains Bonus Book #8

Title: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
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 #3; next appearance in Power of the Atom #4)

Guest Star(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Justice League International #21; next appearance in Justice League International #22)
• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Justice League International #21; next appearance in Justice League International #22)

Villain(s)

• Chronos (last appearance in Power of the Atom #3; next appearance in Power of the Atom #5)
• I.Q. (last appearance in New Teen Titans #40; no further appearances)
• I.Q.'s gang (Harvey, Mackie, and Louis named; no further appearances)
• Ron (last appearance in Power of the Atom #3; next appearance in Power of the Atom #5)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Laethwen (in flashback)
• Norman Brawler (in flashback)
• Enrica Negrini (in flashback)
• Strobe (in flashback)
• Stevens (in flashback)
• Mr. Bailey (in flashback)

Synopsis:
The Atom visits a gorge where he once played as a child. Hawkman and Hawkwoman track him down, then the old friends exchange stories. The Atom travels with the Hawks to New Orleans where they are now living. They quickly discover that their home was ransacked and a trunk containing spare anti-gravity belts was stolen.

Tracing the radiation from the belts, the Hawks and the Atom find the thieves who broke into their home. They were hired by Ira Quimby, the criminal known as I.Q. who has set a trap for the Hawks. The Atom was an unexpected complication for Quimby. The Atom confronts the crook who tries to shoot the hero. The shot destroys Quimby's lab and releases the Hawks. Together, the Atom, Hawkman, and Hawkwoman finish making the capture of I.Q., breaking his nose in the process.