The Atom & Hawkman 1968 #39 - back issue - $6.00
The Atom, Hawkman and Hawkgirl stop Tekla from trying to rebuild the ancient Mayan empire.
The Cheerios Kid wearing a jet-pack is flying high in the atmosphere holding a box of cereal while an XB-70A aircraft whooshes behind him in the background.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
- Missile Firing Tank - Ad offering a play-tank big enough for two kids from Honor House Products. Black and white ad on inside front cover. Top half of page.
- Here Is a Treasure Chest of Fun - A half-page of small, single panel advertisements for novelty items, self-defense lessons, etc. Black and white ad on inside front cover. Lower half of page.
- Vengeance of the Silver Vulture! - Letters page confirms: "Cover by Joe Kubert! Interior art by Murphy Anderson (with an inking assist by Joe Giella/Story by Bob Kanigher!" Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records erroneously credit Anderson inking the first 6 pages and Giella inking the rest of the story but Nick Caputo notes that Anderson inked the first 3 pages as well as the splashes on page 17 and 22. Story across 23 pages in three parts of 5.67, 5.5, and 10.5 pages
- Wailing Whaler - Advertisement for the Charles W. Morgan boat modeling kit.
- Go-Powerful Cheerios Kid - An illustrated color advertisement from General Mills offering facts about the XB-70A Valkyrie bomber - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal.
- The Zeroids Are Here! - Advertisement for Ideal Toys' Zeroids robots in sequential art form.
- Born to Trouble! His Name's Jonny Double! - House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #78 [first Jonny Double].
- Fun's-a-Poppin' Saturdays on CBS - Two-page comics-form advertisement for CBS's The Go-Go Gophers, The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Hour, Wacky Races, The Archie Show, The Batman-Superman Hour, The Herculoids, Shazzan!, Jonny Quest, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor, and The Lone Ranger TV shows. CBS Television Network?s Saturday morning cartoon lineup for the 1968-1969 TV season. Ad covers the two middle pages of the centerfold. The entire CBS Saturday morning schedule, beginning at 8:00 AM and ending at 2:00 PM, is listed, including shows not pictured in the ad.
- Stick Shift Racerific with the Terror Turn! - Comics-form advertisement for Ideal's race track set.
- Your Demand... Is Our Command - House ad for DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #1 and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #179 [80 Page Giant G-52]. On sale August 6th [1968].
- Enemy Ace Is Back! - House ad for Enemy Ace, starring in Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series).
- - Letters from Kym Bouchard, Irene Vartanoff, Eric Kappes, Robert Gluckson, John Potter, and Dave Truesdale.
- Tank Trap / Blast Off - Ad for Tank Trap & Blast Off games from Helen of Toy, Co.
- 204 Pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set - Ad for plastic toy soldiers. 204 pieces for $1.98. On final interior page of the comic.
- Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship - Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards" or Christmas cards. Black and white ad on inside back cover.
- Land of the Giants - Back cover advertisement for Aurora Plastics Corp's Land of the Giants model kit that features a rattlesnake threatening to attack the adventurers. Color ad on back cover.
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