Reading Room: CAPTAIN ATOM I "Cat with the Emerald Eyes" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Hero...

Trapped in an ancient Egyptian tomb by criminals disguised as government officials, scientific adventurer Captain Atom and his team look for an escape route before the air runs out...

One of the aspects of the first Captain Atom series was that the science shown in the comic was extrapolated from "present-day" (1950s) scientific knowledge, so it was "educational".
Sadly, both the writer and artist of the series are unknown.

And, yes, the shorts and bare legs were Captain Atom's standard garb, not just desert-wear...

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Reading Room: CAPTAIN ATOM I "Cat with the Emerald Eyes" Part 1

Not the Charlton/DC Super-Hero...

...but a scientific adventurer in the the vein of Doc Savage or Captain Video!

Can Captain Atom and his entourage escape?

Will they become a permanent part of the tomb, to be found centuries later by future archeologists?

Be here tomorrow for the thrilling answer!

The reason the panels in this never-reprinted comic from the short-lived Nation-Wide Publishing are so large is that the book itself was only 5 inches wide x 7 1/4 inches tall.

These 52-page digest-sized comics were only 5 cents (half-price) compared to normal-sized 10-cent comic books.

And, yes, the shorts and bare legs were Captain Atom's standard garb, not just desert-wear...

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Classic Captain Atom

Comic Collectibles Store