Atom & Hawkman #43

Atom & Hawkman #43 (On Sale: April 1, 1969) has a cover by Joe Kubert.

Hawkman and Hawkgirl star in "Come to My Hanging" by Robert Kanigher and Murphy Anderson. The winged wonders fly across the ocean to London, England to investigate reports that the Gentleman Ghost has been staging a series of robberies at Trafalgar Square in London. They locate the Ghost and his henchmen near Nelson's Monument in the square. A scuffle ensues and although Hawkman is able to subdue the Ghost's men using his mace, the Gentleman Ghost manages to grab Hawkgirl. Hawkman tries to rescue her, but the Ghost and Hawkgirl disappear.

Hawkman tracks them to the Tower of London where he again battles the Ghost's men and Hawkgirl manages to free herself. The Gentleman Ghost takes the fight to the face of Big Ben and then escapes, but not before Hawkman discovers where he's been hiding his loot. Inside Big Ben, Hawkgirl finds a movie projector, which convinces Hawkman that the Gentleman Ghost is not an actual, but rather a con man who utilizes projectors and tape recorders to create his illusion. It was reprinted in Showcase Presents: Hawkman Vol. 2 TPB.

The Atom stars in "Buzzin', Buzzin' -- Who's Got the Buzzin'?" by Denny O'Neil, Dick Dillin and Sid Greene. While performing an experiment in front of some peers, Ray Palmer is distracted by the buzzing of a small insect, to the point that Ray forgets what he was trying to do. Horace McByrd, the head of the Physics department, publicly criticizes Ray at length.

Upset, Ray turns into the Atom and goes subatomic to find a mindless monster to beat the hell out of.  Later he returns to his office to find a student, Hap Coogan, going through his files. When confronted, Coogan accuses Ray of being a spy. All of a sudden, the strange buzzing of the earlier insect is heard again. When it buzzes towards Hap Coogan, Coogan loses his memory. Ray decides to follow the insect as the Atom.

Ray discovers that the insect is actually a man-made micro-device designed to rob people of their memories. The Atom follows the "insect" back to the office of Horace McByrd. Confronted by the Atom, McByrd confesses that he had used Ray Palmer's theories to create the insect device. Seeing how brilliant Ray's theories were, McByrd feared he would soon be passed over for the younger, more visionary man. I don't think it has ever been reprinted.

Edited by Julius Schwartz.