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Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	October 1961
Pages	36
Notes	Information on this issue from Lou Mougin.

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Notes	Information on this issue from Lou Mougin.
Reprinted	in Action Heroes Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

5 page Captain Atom story "The Saucer Scare"

Characters	Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Synopsis	Captain Atom challenges a group of UFO's.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Rocco Mastroserio
Inks	Rocco Mastroserio
Reprinted	in Action Heroes Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

5 page story "They Said He Would Die"

Pencils	Bill Molno
Inks	Bill Molno

1 page story "The Rocket Comes Of Age"

Pencils	Rocco Mastroserio
Inks	Rocco Mastroserio

7 page Captain Atom story "The Man In Saturn's Moon"

Characters	Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Andrei Rotov
Synopsis	Captain Atom rescuse Andrei Rotov from a rocket that was shot to Saturn.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Rocco Mastroserio
Inks	Rocco Mastroserio
Reprinted	in Action Heroes Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

5 page Captain Atom story "The Silver Lady From Venus"

Characters	Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Dr. James Matson; Sgt. Goose Goslin; The Silver Lady From Venus
Synopsis	Captain Atom must stop an alien from Venus from hypnotizing military men into wrecking missles.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Reprinted	in Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #77; in Space Adventures (Charlton, 1978 series) #12; in Action Heroes Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (2004)