Captain Atom (Charlton)

(Charlton, 1965-1967)
™ and ©1967 Charlton Publications, Inc.

Air Force captain Adam Combine was the victim of a freak nuclear accident, but instead of being disintegrated by the deadly radiation, he was transformed into a being of pure energy, Captain Atom.

Captain Atom debuted in Charlton’s Space Adventures in 1960, an early entry into the Silver Age super-hero revival. Despite lean and gutsy art by Steve Ditko, Captain Atom could not survive Charlton’s mediocre scripting and so sank into obscurity. The strip was revived in this series in 1967 under the editorship of Dick Giordano, who brought back Ditko, along with Denny O’Neil and Jim Aparo.

In the mid-1980s, DC bought the rights to the Charlton heroes, using them both as heroes in the DC Universe and as the basis for the characters in Alan Moore’s Watchmen, where Captain Atom served as the template for Doc Manhattan.

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Captain Atom (Charlton) #78

December, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $15.00

Joe Gill

Steve Ditko, Ernie Bache

Captain Atom (Charlton) #79

March, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $23.00

Steve Ditko, Joe GIll

Steve Ditko

Captain Atom (Charlton) #80

May, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $30.00

Steve Ditko, Joe Gill

Steve Ditko, Bill Fracchio

Captain Atom (Charlton) #83

November, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $150.00