Captain Atom #16 [Direct]
(June 1988)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-03-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Jonathan Peterson (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Shipping date of March 9, 1988 per Direct Currents #1 (January 1988). Corrected shipping date of March 1, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Atom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pat Broderick (signed)
Inks
Pat Broderick (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Red Tornado; Black Canary (inset); Booster Gold (inset); Blue Beetle (inset)
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The Big Blowout (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Atom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates; Greg Weisman (co-plot)
Pencils
Pat Broderick
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Shelley Eiber
Letters
Duncan Andrews
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Megala; General Wade Eiling; Babylon; Major Force; Justice League [Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam; also as Cameron Scott]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Black Canary; Mister Miracle; Booster Gold]; Starshine Stone; Red Tornado; Swamp Thing
Synopsis
The Justice League are beaten by Red Tornado and call in Captain Atom.

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Quantum Quotes / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3155

Indexer Notes

Includes an O'Neil "From the Den" Column. Letters from readers Steven L. Shrewsbury, David Metz, Robert Kowalski, Barbara E. Miller, David Scherpenhuizen, Charlie Harris, Simon Del Monte, The Kool Komik Book Kollector, Jason Drucker, and Augie Peduchio.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Atom
  2. 1. The Big Blowout
    Captain Atom
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Quantum Quotes
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