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{{Infobox comics character <!--This box is part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics. See that article for details-->
'''Atomic Mouse''' is a [[talking animals in fiction|talking animal]] [[superhero]] created in 1953 by [[Al Fago]] for [[Charlton Comics]].
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|publisher=[[Charlton Comics]]
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'''Atomic Mouse''' is a [[talking animals in fiction|talking animal]] [[superhero]] created in 1953 by [[Al Fago]] for [[Charlton Comics]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=31 March 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/10/mode/2up/ |pages=11–12}}</ref>


==Publication history==
==Publication history==
Created by writer-artist [[Al Fago]], Atomic Mouse debuted in [[Charlton Comics]]' ''Atomic Mouse'' #1 ([[cover-date]]d March 1953).<ref name="Toonpedia">[http://www.toonopedia.com/atomic_m.htm Atomic Mouse] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240525210012/https://www.webcitation.org/66jnAVkKJ?url=http://toonopedia.com/atomic_m.htm Archived] from the original on April 7, 2012.</ref><ref name=gcd>[https://www.comics.org/series/949/ ''Atomic Mouse'' (Charlton, 1953 series)] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref> The series ran 52 issues through cover-date February 1963.<ref name=Becattini>{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century: Volume Two |date=2019 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683902218 |chapter=Super-Animals}}</ref> The [[Grand Comics Database]] notes, "[[Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide|Overstreet]] has listed #53-54, but there is no evidence they actually exist."<ref name=gcd />
Created by writer-artist [[Al Fago]], Atomic Mouse debuted in [[Charlton Comics]]' ''Atomic Mouse'' #1 ([[cover-date]]d March 1953).<ref name="Toonpedia">[http://www.toonopedia.com/atomic_m.htm Atomic Mouse] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240525210012/https://www.webcitation.org/66jnAVkKJ?url=http://toonopedia.com/atomic_m.htm Archived] from the original on April 7, 2012.</ref><ref name="gcd">[https://www.comics.org/series/949/ ''Atomic Mouse'' (Charlton, 1953 series)] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref> The series ran 52 issues through cover-date February 1963. The [[Grand Comics Database]] notes, "[[Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide|Overstreet]] has listed #53-54, but there is no evidence they actually exist."<ref name=gcd />


From 1961 to 1962, Charlton published an additional five issues, vol. 2, #11-16, containing reprinted material and used as promotional giveaways.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/20229/ ''Atomic Mouse'' (Charlton, 1961 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref> Another reprint issue, ''Atomic Mouse'' vol. 3, #1 (Dec. 1984) followed,<ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/2825/ ''Atomic Mouse'' (Charlton, 1984 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref> as did a three-issue fourth volume (#10-12, Sept. 1985 – January 1986).<ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/11346/ ''Atomic Mouse'' (Charlton, 1985 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref>
From 1961 to 1962, Charlton published an additional five issues, vol. 2, #11-16, containing reprinted material and used as promotional giveaways.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/20229/ ''Atomic Mouse'' (Charlton, 1961 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref> Another reprint issue, ''Atomic Mouse'' vol. 3, #1 (Dec. 1984) followed,<ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/2825/ ''Atomic Mouse'' (Charlton, 1984 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref> as did a three-issue fourth volume (#10-12, Sept. 1985 – January 1986).<ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/11346/ ''Atomic Mouse'' (Charlton, 1985 series)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref>
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Writer Mike Curtis and [[penciler]] Charles Ettinger revamped the character in [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' ''SFA's Atomic Mouse'', which ran for three issues published from 2001 to 2004.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/869570/ ''SFA's Atomic Mouse''] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/869570/ ''SFA's Atomic Mouse'' #1 (Sept. 2001)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref> The same publisher issues the [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot publication]] ''SFA's Atomic Mouse vs. Power Jack'' in 2009.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/1261501/ ''SFA's Atomic Mouse vs. Power Jack''] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref>
Writer Mike Curtis and [[penciler]] Charles Ettinger revamped the character in [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' ''SFA's Atomic Mouse'', which ran for three issues published from 2001 to 2004.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/869570/ ''SFA's Atomic Mouse''] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/869570/ ''SFA's Atomic Mouse'' #1 (Sept. 2001)] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref> The same publisher issues the [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot publication]] ''SFA's Atomic Mouse vs. Power Jack'' in 2009.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/1261501/ ''SFA's Atomic Mouse vs. Power Jack''] at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.</ref>


Fago went on to create [[Atomic Rabbit]] (a.k.a. [[Atomic Bunny]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/10/mode/2up/ |page=11}}</ref> and [[Atom the Cat]].<ref name=Becattini/>
Fago went on to create [[Atomic Rabbit]] (a.k.a. [[Atomic Bunny]]) and [[Atom the Cat]].


==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
Cimota Mouse (his first name being "atomic" spelled backwards) is an ordinary [[mouse]] whom an evil wizard shrinks to the size of an atom. In that microscopic realm, Professor Invento gives [[Uranium-235|U-235]] pills that grant Cimota superpowers, which he uses to fight for justice against the evil Count Gatto.<ref name="Toonpedia" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/atomic/hope.asp|title=Living Under a Mushroom Cloud: Fear and Hope in the Atomic Age|author=Wisconsin Historical Museum|access-date=2007-02-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070129061241/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/atomic/hope.asp| archive-date= 29 January 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
Cimota Mouse (his first name being "atomic" spelled backwards) is an ordinary [[mouse]] whom an evil wizard shrinks to the size of an atom. In that microscopic realm, Professor Invento gives [[Uranium-235|U-235]] pills that grant Cimota superpowers, which he uses to fight for justice against the evil Count Gatto.<ref name="Toonpedia" />
 
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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** [http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/atomictoys/atomicbunny.htm ''Atomic Bunny'' no. 12]
** [http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/atomictoys/atomicbunny.htm ''Atomic Bunny'' no. 12]


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== References ==
 
[[Category:Charlton Comics superheroes]]
[[Category:Charlton Comics superheroes]]
[[Category:Charlton Comics titles]]
[[Category:Charlton Comics titles]]

Revision as of 17:48, 12 December 2024

Atomic Mouse is a talking animal superhero created in 1953 by Al Fago for Charlton Comics.

Publication history

Created by writer-artist Al Fago, Atomic Mouse debuted in Charlton Comics' Atomic Mouse #1 (cover-dated March 1953).[1][2] The series ran 52 issues through cover-date February 1963. The Grand Comics Database notes, "Overstreet has listed #53-54, but there is no evidence they actually exist."[2]

From 1961 to 1962, Charlton published an additional five issues, vol. 2, #11-16, containing reprinted material and used as promotional giveaways.[3] Another reprint issue, Atomic Mouse vol. 3, #1 (Dec. 1984) followed,[4] as did a three-issue fourth volume (#10-12, Sept. 1985 – January 1986).[5]

Writer Mike Curtis and penciler Charles Ettinger revamped the character in Shanda Fantasy Arts' SFA's Atomic Mouse, which ran for three issues published from 2001 to 2004.[6][7] The same publisher issues the one-shot publication SFA's Atomic Mouse vs. Power Jack in 2009.[8]

Fago went on to create Atomic Rabbit (a.k.a. Atomic Bunny) and Atom the Cat.

Fictional character biography

Cimota Mouse (his first name being "atomic" spelled backwards) is an ordinary mouse whom an evil wizard shrinks to the size of an atom. In that microscopic realm, Professor Invento gives U-235 pills that grant Cimota superpowers, which he uses to fight for justice against the evil Count Gatto.[1]

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atomic Mouse at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1953 series) at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1961 series) at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1984 series) at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1985 series) at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ SFA's Atomic Mouse at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ SFA's Atomic Mouse #1 (Sept. 2001) at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ SFA's Atomic Mouse vs. Power Jack at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
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