25 Thursday Feb 2021
Posted in Cameo, Captain Atom in Outer Space, Extreme Justice
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So, Steel has an adventure in space! And the newly-formed EXTREME Justice team is on hand. Again, it’s just a little cameo for Captain Atom. He really needed his own solo title again at this point.
Now, I like Steel as a character. There still aren’t enough heroes of color in comics. But, can we all agree as a society that comics in the mid 1990s kind of really sucked?
24 Wednesday Feb 2021
Back when these would crop up, I used to wonder why they ever put Captain Atom on the team if they just didn’t know what to do with him.
Justice League International #20-21 (Dec 1988-Jan 1989)
Justice League International #24 (February 1989)
Justice League America #32 (November 1989)
Justice League America #53 (August 1991)
Justice League America #54 (September 1991)
Justice League Unlimited #7 (May 2005)
Justice League Unlimited #8 (June 2005)
Justice League Unlimited #9 (July 2005)
Justice League Unlimited #13 (November 2005)
Justice League Unlimited #20 (June 2006)
Justice League Unlimited #21 (July 2006)
Justice League Unlimited #22 (August 2006)
17 Wednesday Feb 2021
Posted in "The Lie", Cameo, Justice League, Nathaniel Adam's Crime
“Around the World With the Justice League”
Writers: Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis
Pencils: Mike McKone
Inks: Pablo Marcos
This really just amounts to a cameo appearance. Captain Atom appears on just two pages, looking like a metallic Roger Daltrey and being all angsty.
15 Monday Feb 2021
Posted in Cameo, Extreme Justice, Justice League
Remember Total Justice?!?!?!
Me neither. But Captain Atom was in it. I’m tired of these cameos. When’s our next series? That’ll be the New 52, a good 15 years or so out….
09 Tuesday Feb 2021
It has been a while since I updated the “Cameos” page of this blog. I’m currently laid up in bed after a pretty serious car crash and have little else to do with my time, so here’s a quick update.
Justice Leagues #5: Justice League of Aliens (March 2001)
Justice Leagues #6: JLA (March 2001)
Superman: The Man of Steel #117 (October 2001)
Action Comics #782 (October 2001)
Wonder Woman #175 (December 2001)
JSA #33-35 (April-June 2002)
JLA: Another Nail #3 (July 2004)
Death of the New Gods #5 (March 2008)
JSA Kingdom Come: Magog #1 (January 2009)
WildCats #15 (November 2009)
R.E.B.E.L.S. Annual #1 (December 2009)
Booster Gold #26-27 (January-February 2010)
Power Girl #13 (August 2010)
Justice League of America #51 (January 2011)
Power Girl #19 (February 2011)
Justice League of America #52 (February 2011)
Power Girl #20 (March 2011)
Starman/Congorilla #1 (March 2011)
Power Girl #21 (April 2011)
Justice League of America #59 (September 2011)
Action Comics #903-904 (September-October 2011)
18 Sunday Sep 2016
Posted in Cameo, Justice League
“No More Mr. Nice Guy!”
Writers: Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis
Pencils: Kevin Maguire
Inks: Al Gordon
Colors: Gene D’Angelo
Letters: Bob Lappan
Editor: Andrew Helfer
This appearance of Captain Atom is just another cameo. It’s as if the creative team just didn’t know what to do with the character. I wonder why they even added him to the line-up. In this issue, Maxwell Lord and Cap have an off-panel discussion about Major Force.
If my memory serves me right, it wasn’t until the foundation of Justice League Europe that Captain Atom really contributed much to the team.
26 Thursday May 2016
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Alex Sinclair, Andrew Marino, Black Canary, Bobbie Chase, Brad Anderson, Captain Atom, Cyborg, Eddie Berganza, Ethan Van Sciver, Gabe Eltaeb, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns, Green Arrow, Hi-Fi Design, Ivan Reis, Jason Wright, Modern Age Captain Atom, Nick J. Napolitano, Shazam
I do not wish to spoil this ongoing series. This issue just hit the shelves of my LCS yesterday. It is another wide-sweeping universe-changing deal and I’m sure you can find better spoilers elsewhere in the internetsphere. I will say that so far I am pleased with the book. I still have faith in Geoff Johns and I look forward to the DCU more closely resembling “my” DCU (post-Crisis on Infinite Earths, pre-Infinite Crisis).
It was certainly good to see some of my old favorites again, including this happy little cameo:
Who is that standing with Black Canary? Why, it sure looks like the Modern Age Captain Atom…
I do believe that is Captain Atom! So what does this mean for the character? I honestly don’t know. It has been almost a year since we heard there may be a new Captain Atom series in the works. And this guy certainly isn’t the New 52 Captain Atom. There have been news reports of late that the Watchmen universe is being absorbed into the new DCU. Dr. Manhattan is the analog for Captain Atom. Given the similarities of the New 52 Cap and Dr. Manhattan, it would make sense to not have both of them running around at the same time. So it looks to me like maybe we’re getting the classic silver-skinned, time-jumping Captain Atom back!
If nothing else good comes from Rebirth, I’ll at least be happy if we get our old Cap back. Even happier if he gets an ongoing series.
21 Monday Mar 2016
Posted in Cameo, Captain Atom Versus Aliens
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Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Black Adam, Captain Atom, Captain Marvel (Shazam), Elasti-Girl, Gene Luen Yang, Gorilla Grodd, Hi-Fi Design, Howard Porter, Jon Bogdanove, Killer Croc, New 52 Captain Atom, Patrick Zircher, Rob Leigh, Superman, Vandal Savage
“What Could Have Been, What Still Can Be, and What Is”
The New 52 Captain Atom (sporting pants) has a brief cameo in this issue of Superman. Vandal Savage and Superman are visiting a simulated possible future in which Earth is under Savage’s rule, with Superman as his general. Earth is under attack by the Dominators, but a group of heroes and villains led by Superman quickly ends the invasion.
It is fine as far as cameos go, but I have to wonder why they gave him pants. He never needed pants before. Also, I’m sad to say I don’t know who some of these characters are. Is that Killer Croc and Gorilla Grodd? And Rita Farr, the Elasti-Girl of the Doom Patrol?
It has been one year since the New 52 Captain Atom was last seen.
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29 Friday May 2015
Posted in Cameo, Justice League
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Bizarro, Captain Atom, Captain Carrot, Jeff Parker, Jeromy Cox, New 52 Captain Atom, Travel Foreman, Travis Lanham
It was just yesterday that I said we  might not see Captain Atom again in the DCU. As soon as that post went up, fellow Captain Atom fan Anthony Saavedra pointed out that the New 52 Cap appears in the Justice League United online sneak peak!  Below is the one image of Cap that we got:
This does not necessarily mean he is rejoining the Justice League. Â Captain Carrot is on this page too, and I can’t imagine they’d add him to the roster. And that’s Bizarro right above Captain Carrot, and I seriously doubt he’s going to be a team player.
As Shag pointed out on Firestormfan.com, Firestorm also appears in this sneak peak but it is also unclear if he’s a regular. Â Could we have an Extreme Justice reunion on our hands? Â Do we want one?
I’m just happy to see he’s still out there and DC hasn’t forgotten him.
This JLU sneak peak was written by Jeff Parker with art by Travel Foreman. Â Jeromy Cox was the colorist and letters were by Travis Lanham.
(All characters and images belong to DC Comics and I am not making any profit off this blog.)
28 Thursday May 2015
Posted in Cameo, Convergence
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Andy Kubert, Barbara Gordon, Batman, Blue Beetle, Brad Anderson, Bronze Age Captain Atom, Captain Atom, Carlo Pagulayan, Dick Grayson, Dr. Fate, Eduardo Pansica, Ethan Van Sciver, Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Green Lantern (Guy Gardner), Green Lantern (John Stewart), Jason Paz, Jeff King, Jill Thompson, John Romita Jr., John Starr, Judomaster, Nightshade, Peacemaker, Peter Steigerwald, Scott Hanna, Scott Lobdell, Stephen Segovia, Supergirl, Superman, The Flash, The Question, Tomeu Morey, Tony S. Daniel, Travis Lanham
“Last Stand”
Going into Convergence, I said I was going to wait until it was over to review it.  As Captain Atom’s role in the actual mini-series was limited, I decided not to.  Besides, as a kid I was always told if I couldn’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.  And I’ve found very little “nice” to say about this series.  I understand what DC Comics was doing here but I didn’t like it.  From 1935 – 1985, the DC Universe was never “rebooted.”  Since 1985’s Crisis on Infinite Earths, we’ve had Zero Hour, Final Crisis, Flashpoint, and now Convergence.  Why are they so trigger-happy with that reset button?  I’ve decided I’m done with DC for a while.  If they bring back Captain Atom or Firestorm, I’ll buy them.  But that might not ever happen (however, if the Legends of Tomorrow TV series is a success, Firestorm may be back in a big way, and the door was left open on The Flash for a season 2 Captain Atom appearance).
The Bronze Age Captain Atom appears in the background four times in this issue, although his costume coloring is slightly wrong.
That last panel seems to indicate that the original Charlton heroes do indeed “evolve” into their Multiversity counterparts.  This means we already know their fates and Captain Atom is dead once again.
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Splitting Atoms 