CAPTAIN ATOM was a character originally appearing in Charlton Comics that got acquired by DC and appeared as part of Earth-4 characters rolled into Post-Crisis continuity. He became a second tier hero in the DC Universe and was originally slated to be The Monarch during ARMAGEDDON. But DC changed plans following a leak and he continued on as a superhero eventually ending up as one of the stars of EXTREME JUSTICE. But DC never really knew what to do with him, so they killed him off(allegedly) and threw him into the Wildstorm Universe.
He eventually returned, playing a role during both GENERATION LOST and FLASHPOINT.
Now he gets his own series again. But is it any good?
Now he gets his own series again. But is it any good?
The book begins with a hero super villain battle. It looks like Atom is losing control of his powers so he goes "somewhere in Kansas" to visit Dr. Megala and find out what's going wrong. Conclusion after a bunch of badly explained mumbo-jumbo: using his powers will kill him. So what does he do? He goes racing off to check out a volcano in New York. So what happens? He starts to break down.
Guess he shouldn't have used his powers.
Wow...where do I begin with this? The character is motivated by finding out why his powers are screwed up. We get a creepy scientist and his assistant who he verbally abuses. We get confusing dialogue and a story that goes nowhere fast. This is another J. T. Krul tale that does nothing for me. And neither does Freddie Williams artwork. And there is some two page subplot where this thing is eating the homeless in San Francisco.
A mess. To say anymore would just be a waste of my time.
BTW: the mysterious hooded woman is at the bottom of the first panel three pages from the end of this story.
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