Captain Atom #1

DC ⋅ 1987

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Key Facts

1st appearance of Captain Atom, Nathaniel Adam, a veteran whose body bonded with an alien metal

1st appearance of General Wade Eiling, an enemy of Captain Atom

[February 2024 - rumors are circulating that Captain Atom will be introduced in Gunn's DC Universe]

Issue Details

Publisher

DC

Artist

Pat Broderick

Writer

Cary Bates

Inker

Bob Smith

Letterer

John Costanza

Colorist

Carl Gafford

Published

March 1987

Synopsis

Captain Nathaniel Adam has been found guilty of a crime he didn't commit. The Air Force is offering him a second chance, under the control of Colonel Wade Eiling, to go under an experiment using an unknown alien alloy. As an unexpected side effect, Nathaniel leaps into the future through the Quantum Field from 1968 to the year 1986. He must now get help from Doctor Heinrich Megala, the man who started Project Captain Atom!

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