In the latest of our comprehensive series of reviews of DC Comics' 52 relaunched titles, we take a look at Captain Atom #1. Who's it by?
Captain Atom #1 is written by Jt Krul (Green Arrow) and drawn by Freddie Williams II (Jsa All-Stars). What's the history?
Captain Atom was created for Charlton Comics by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko in 1960's Space Adventures #33. Allen Adam was a man vaporised in an exploding experimental rocket only to reform himself and gain superpowers. The property was one of those obtained by DC (alongside others including Blue Beetle and the Question). Re-introduced in 1987 by DC, Captain Atom was now Nathaniel Christopher Adam, a Us Air Force officer framed for a crime he did not commit. Sentenced to death, he was offered the alternative of participating in a dangerous experiment with an (more)...
Captain Atom #1 is written by Jt Krul (Green Arrow) and drawn by Freddie Williams II (Jsa All-Stars). What's the history?
Captain Atom was created for Charlton Comics by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko in 1960's Space Adventures #33. Allen Adam was a man vaporised in an exploding experimental rocket only to reform himself and gain superpowers. The property was one of those obtained by DC (alongside others including Blue Beetle and the Question). Re-introduced in 1987 by DC, Captain Atom was now Nathaniel Christopher Adam, a Us Air Force officer framed for a crime he did not commit. Sentenced to death, he was offered the alternative of participating in a dangerous experiment with an (more)...
- 9/27/2011
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
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