COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Atom 25
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1215336005
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
In "The Man in the Ion Mask!", Jean calls Ray to let him know that she will be late to the costume party. Ray asks her what she will be dressed-up as, but she tells him that if he loved her he could deduce it. At the party, Ray walks right up to Jean and kisses her, and she mocks outrage. Ray calls her bluff and reveals that he knew her ticket was number 155. He had swapped door-duty with Ed Jameson --who was dressed as a clown -- and saw through her disguise when Jean handed him ticket 155.
Everyone is impressed by a man dressed-up as a modern "Man in the Iron Mask". But this mask begins to glow brightly and everyone freezes. By the time they regain their faculties, they have all been robbed. The police asks for Ray's help as he recognizes that ionic energy powered the mask.
To be prepared, Ray exposes his costume to an anti-ionic ray so that when the Atom meets Man in the Ion Mask, he'll be immune to the ionic effects. Ray coincidentally shops for Jean in the same jewelry store that the Man in the Ion Mask robbed next. To protect his secret identity, Ray has to wait for everyone to be knocked out, including his friend Ed Jameson. Then Atom engages the masked crook in battle. After a fighting start, the Atom is trapped in a display case by the Ion Mask, long enough for the crook to escape.
The Man in the Ion Mask has only appeared at locations where Ray Palmer is. Coincidence, thinks Ray? He hypothesizes that perhaps the White Dwarf Star Matter of his costume powered the Ionic Mask. He robs the Ivy Town Bank next, but this time Ray is not there. One thing that all three crimes have in common is Ed Jameson. Atom stows away with Ed to catch the Man in the Ion Mask.
Ed Jameson has gone to bet on some horses at the racetrack, and the Man in the Ion Mask appears and would have robbed the bookies, but Atom grabs a horseshoe and bangs it on the Ion Mask, disorientating the crook long enough to yank off his mask. Ed is shocked to find that it is his brother Bill who developed an Ionic ray that only works in proximity to Ed's specific Encephalonic waves, and needed the stolen money to improve it.
Our WP 9.8 is one of two highest graded copies as of 11/2020. We acquired the book we from the 11/8/2020 Heritage Auction.
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