Entire 25000 word story in one issue. Atomic physics fight to prevent the militarisation of explosive Z with the help of scientist Dr. Gloria Surrocks. But Dr Zachavitch has other plans and has created a disintegration ray that breaks atoms into energy the force being millions times greater than any known explosive. He tests it in the arctic and causes sudden mountains tidal waves and a shift of the Earth's axis pushing icebergs to the equator.