Action Heroes Archives #Volume 1
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- 2004
- Page count
- 236
- Cover price
- 49.95 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/297541
Credits
- Editing
- Dale Crain (Senior Editor - Collected Editon)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Captain Atom)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison]
- Editing
- Dale Crain (Senior Editor - Collected Editon)
Notes
ISBN: 1-4012-0302-7
1Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
Synopsis
Contents of this volume.
2Credits
- Author
- Blake Bell
- Letters
- Typeset
Synopsis
Information about Charlton, Captain Atom and Steve Ditko.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
4Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam] (intro); Sergeant Gunner Goslin; General Eining
Credits
- Script
- Joe Gill
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
When Captain Adam is trapped in an atomic rocket, Captain Atom is born. Captain Atom goes on to stop some enemy agents who had sabatoged a Jupiter Rocket.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
6Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Sergeant Goos Goslin; Igor Kriss
Credits
- Script
- Joe Gill (?)
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #34 (June 1960) — The 2nd Man in Space
- Also printed
-
Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #75 (June 1965) — The 2nd Man in Space
-
Planet Series 1 (Murray, 1977 series) #7 ([April 1978?]) —Captain Atom — The 2nd Man in Space
Synopsis
Captain Atom goes into space to check on the first Russian cosmonaut and finds himself helping save the Russian.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
8Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Sgt. Jeff "Gunner" Goslin; Billy Goslin; Loga [giant space bird]
Credits
- Script
- Joe Gill
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom must return little Billy Goslin from Outer Space.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
10Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Gerald Mudge
Credits
- Script
- Joe Gill
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
The rocket-ship that Captain Atom is testing has been sabotaged.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Script
- Joe Gill
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom guards a new orbital satellite from enemy missles.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
13Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Cpl. Blackmer; President of the United States
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
Synopsis
Captain Atom stops an alien invasion.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; General Nicholas; Sgt. Gunner Goslin; Venutian aliens
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom travels to Venus to see who destroyed an American satellite.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
16Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; President of the United States; Dr. Claudius Jaynes; Roberto
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom must stop Dr. Claudius Jaynes from firing nuclear missles at all the big cities on Earth.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; President of the USA; Gustav Borlin; Dr. Skafic
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom must stop the missles launched at the U.S. by Gustav Borlin and Dr. Skafic.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Sgt. Jeff "Gunner" Goslin
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom must stop an alien warship trying to start a nuclear war on Earth.
19Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
20Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Dr. Hargus; Major Silberling
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom must save a test pilot when his experimental rocket-plane has problems.
21Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; President of the United States; Edox (alien)
Credits
- Art
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom must stop an alien invasion.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; President of the United States; General McGibbons; Franz; Vladimir Koss; Frieda
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom is captured by some East German agents while taking important papers to the West Berlin embassy.
23Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
24Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Mr. Haynes; Malnov; Odeva
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom helps get Mr. Haynes to the peace confererance and also removes all the threats of the enemy missiles.
25Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; M/Sgt Willkie Scott
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #40 (June 1961) — The Boy and the Stars
- Also printed
-
Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #77 (October 1965) — The Boy And The Stars
-
Planet Series 1 (Murray, 1977 series) #7 ([April 1978?]) —Captain Atom — The Boy and the Stars
Synopsis
Captain Atom cures M/Sgt. Willkie Scott's son who was dying from gamma ray radiation.
26Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
27Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom challenges a group of UFO's.
28Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Andrei Rotov
Credits
- Art
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom rescues Andrei Rotov from a rocket that was shot to Saturn.
29Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Dr. James Matson; Sgt. Goose Goslin; The Silver Lady From Venus
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom must stop an alien from Venus from hypnotizing military men into wrecking missles.
30Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
31Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Professor Arnold Jupe; Leah Jupe; General Brill; Don (Astronaut); Lt. Colonel Morse (Astronaut); Colonel Sandoval
Credits
- Script
- Joe Gill
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
Synopsis
Captain Atom must rescue Professor Jupe and his daughter from aliens who have brainwashed him into working for them on killer missles.
Notes
Brief recap of origin.
32Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Doctor Spectro (villain)
Credits
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
33Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Doctor Spectro (villain); Rodent; Sgt. "Gunner" Goslin
Credits
- Script
- Steve Ditko (plot)
Joe Gill (script) - Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
Synopsis
When an Air Force truck is hijacked Captain Atom begins to track down the criminals. Along the way he meets Doctor Spectro, who uses colors and light as weapons.
34Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Drako
Credits
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
35Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Ed (Rocket Scientist); General Eining; Sergeant "Goose" Goslin; Valdar; Celest; Drako
Credits
- Script
- Steve Ditko
Joe Gill - Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom must stop a space ark from crashing into the Earth.
36Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Doctor Spectro
Credits
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
37Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Doctor Spectro; Sgt. "Gunner" Goslin; Kathy
Credits
- Script
- Steve Ditko
Joe Gill - Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Doctor Spectro reforms as five smaller beings. They steal the equipment they need to reform but are stopped by Captain Atom.
38Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Enrico Fermi
Credits
- Art
- Frank McLaughlin
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom teaches about Atomic Power.
39Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; The Ghost [Alec Nois]
Credits
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
40Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Nightshade [Eve Eden] (intro); The Ghost [Alec Nois] (intro, villain); Max
Credits
- Script
- David Kaler
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco Mastroserio
- Colours
- ? [as Jamison] (Color Reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
Synopsis
The Ghost is planning to rob Fort Knox. The Government teams up Captain Atom and Nightshade to stop him.
Notes
ISBN: 1-4012-0302-7
Indicia
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