(November 1966)

Charlton, 1965 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1966
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor)

The Defeats Of Captain Atom! (Table of Contents)

Captain Atom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed) (see notes)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed) (see notes); Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed) (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Captain Atom portion inked by Mastroserio (signed "Ditko and Mastroserio)". Blue Beetle portion entirely by Ditko (signed "Ditko")

Finally Falls the Mighty! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Atom / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Dave Kaler (credited) (dialogue)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Field (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom [Allen Adam]; Gunner; General Bibb; Professor Koste; Professor Max Lipati; Iron Arms (villain, cameo, introduction)
Synopsis
Captain Atom loses his powers.
Reprints

The Greatest Action-Heroes of all Time! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain's Column / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano
Pencils
Steve Ditko (illustration)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain Atom

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Andrew Yanchus, Richard Mills, Mike Robertson, Mark Engstrom, Guy H. Lillian III, and Joe D. Kaposta. Replies by Dick Giordano.

[The New Blue Beetle] (Table of Contents: 4)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (credited) (concept, plot, see notes); Gary Friedrich (credited) (dialogue)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Field (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
World tensions and international crises are temporarily forgotten...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle [Ted Kord] (introduction); Killer Koke; Killer Koke's Gang
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ditko is credited with concept and art but he also plotted the story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Defeats Of Captain Atom!
    Captain Atom
  2. 1. Finally Falls the Mighty!
    Captain Atom
  3. 2. The Greatest Action-Heroes of all Time!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Captain's Column
  5. 4. [The New Blue Beetle]
    Blue Beetle
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • John Brichetto
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Bill Devine
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore