Solar, Man of The Atom #5-Very Fine (7.5 – 9) 1st Appearance of Orb Industries
Solar discovers an alien sixth column in "First Strike Part One -- Confrontation." Script by Jim Shooter and art by Ernie Colon & Ian Akin. Issue also has part five of "Alpha and Omega," a 10-part origin story of Solar Man of the Atom with script by Jim Shooter and art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton. Each chapter of the origin story has a two-page pinup. When all 10 two-page pinups are put together, they form a gigantic page of the climax of the origin story.