So this is where Kurt Busiek got his pitch for Sword of Atlantis...

Gil Kane's form is simply stunning here, but is Ray Palmer wearing one of those costumes with the hair exposed? To quote Kirkman, "Even Cyclops gave up on those things a while back." Comics.org is down so I have no way of finding out when this was published, but my guess is early-to-mid-90s. Sheesh.

According to Wikipedia Ray Palmer was featured in a "four-issue limited series and three subsequent specials all entitled Sword of the Atom, in which he abandoned civilization and became a Conan-like figure, hero of a tribe of six-inch tall yellow-skinned humanoid aliens in the jungles of Central America). Eventually the colony was destroyed by loggers despite Palmer's attempts to stop, and he was forced to escape via the telephone to North America. In the attempt, he failed to anticipate that the connection would involve satellite relay and the unexpectedly ardous trip caused him to internalize his equipment's powers."

But seriously, It's probably not a similar plot at all, but the very concept of Sword of Atlantis was that it took a classic DC superhero popularized in the Silver-Age, & revamped him Moorecock-ian "Sword & Sorcery" adventurer. Pooh on Busiek for not doing better. I expected more from him.