(June 1965)
Charlton,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Grp.
- Editing
- Bill Anderson (editor); Pat Masulli (Managing Editor)
Issue Notes
Editing information found in Statement of Ownership, Managment and Circulation.
Presents Captain Atom
Captain Atom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom
- Reprints
-
in Planet Series (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #v1#7 -
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68, #137 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #167 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #205 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
-
Indexer Notes
Cover image taken from first panel of opening story.
Introducing Captain Atom
Captain Atom / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 5694
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam] (intro); Sergeant Gunner; General Eining
- 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 sabotaged a Jupiter Rocket.
- Reprints
-
from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #33 (March 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit of Pat Masulli changed by Mike Nielsen to match info in Action Heroes Archives and other printings of this story. [6/2007]
The Magic Box
text story / 1.75 pages
- Characters
- Hugo Vansmyster; Uga Starva
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
A story and article which deals with the seeming magic of a machine that can translate languages automatically.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Burton Levey
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
On the bottom of the first page of The Magic Box.
The Ghost of Amy Rector
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-4541
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Amy Rector
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #63, #129 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
- in Scary Tales (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #5 ([1978])
-
Indexer Notes
Art ids by Gene Reed.
Captain Atom on Planet X
Captain Atom / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 6744
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Nathaniel Adam]
- Synopsis
- Captain Atom guards a new orbital satellite from enemy missiles.
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #36 (October 1960)
-
The 2nd Man in Space
Captain Atom / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Nathaniel Adam]; Sergeant Gunner Goslin; Igor Kriss
- Synopsis
- Captain Atom goes into space to check on the first Russian cosmonaut and finds himself helping save the Russian.
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #34 (June 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
The Captain's civilian name is given as Allen Adam not Nathaniel Adam.
Out of this World
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as LePoer)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as LePoer)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 3620
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yarga; Radmach
- Synopsis
- People are puzzled where the strange object orbiting the world came from.
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #24 (July 1958)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Presents Captain Atom
Captain Atom -
1.
["Treasure Chest of Fun"]
Honor House Products Corp. -
2.
Introducing Captain Atom
Captain Atom -
3.
["Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza"]
Yubiwaza System -
4.
The Magic Box
-
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
["Now! Exciting triangle and diamond sets included in Zenith's fabulous collection of 217 different stamps"]
Zenith Company -
7.
["Zoom! This book makes you the dare-devil king of the road racing set"]
Atlas Tool Co. -
8.
The Ghost of Amy Rector
-
9.
Captain Atom on Planet X
Captain Atom -
10.
["Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon"]
NRI Training -
11.
["Stamps shop by mail"]
-
12.
The 2nd Man in Space
Captain Atom -
13.
Out of this World
-
14.
["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
Palmer-Jones Books -
15.
["New discovery in hypnotism"]
Bond Book Co. -
16.
["Friend, dare you risk a dime 10ยข?"]
American Body Building Club -
17.
["Record riot"]
Hit Records
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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