The rights to this, and other, Charlton characters were purchased by DC Comics and became the basis for Alan Moore's Watchmen. His last "Charlton" appearance would be in a story that teamed up all the Charlton "Action Heroes", and be published in a one-shot by AC Comics.
In 1981, Captain Atom would appear in issue #7 of the new Charlton Bullseye comic. In the 70s, the unfinished issue #90 would be inked by John Byrne and be published in the first two issues of the CPL Gang published (and Charlton approved) fanzine, Charlton Bullseye. The title would be cancelled with issue #89 in 1967. Blue Beetle would first appear as a backup series, later replaced by a Nightshade backup series. He would also soon be teamed up with Nightshade.
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They later started to reprint the stories in Strange Suspense Stories (starting with #75) in 1965, renaming it Captain Atom with issue 78 and giving him full length stories and 'real' supervillians (previous stories were more Cold War style anti-communist missions or dealing with aliens).
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Captain Atom's powers were very similar to other nuclear-powered superheroes such as Gold Key's Doctor Solar and Dell Comics' Nukla.Ĭaptain Atom was first published in a series of short stories published in Space Adventures #33 thru #40 and #42 in 1960-61. Later on in his own title, he replaced this costume with a liquid-metal outfit that was under his skin, and transformed when he powered up. When he 'powered up', his hair changed to silver-white. He would be outfitted in a red and yellow costume that apparently acted to shield people from his nuclear powers.
Realizing what his other abilities were, like the ability to fly and fire powerful blasts, Adam decided to fight the forces of evil as Captain Atom. However, Adam somehow gained superpowers which included the ability to reform his body safely on the ground. Entering the upper atmosphere, the rocket exploded and Capt. The character's origin was that Captain Adam was working in a special experimental rocket when it accidentally launched with himself trapped inside. He was created by writer Joe Gill and artist Steve Ditko. The Charlton Comics version of Captain Atom first appeared in 1960 and focused upon the adventures of Captain Allen Adam.
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