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Character/DC

Captain Atom

Nathaniel Adam / Cameron Scott

870 appearancesSince 1987

Captain Atom first appeared in Captain Atom #1 (1987-03), published by DC. 870 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Also known as Nathaniel Adam

Character history

Key issues

7 issues

Captain Atom
#1
first appearance
1987-03-00
Captain Atom: Armageddon
#1
origin retold
2005-12-00
Countdown
#17
origin retold
2008-03-00
Justice League: Generation Lost
#6
origin retold
2010-09-15
Captain Atom
#2
origin retold
2011-12-00
Captain Atom
#7
origin retold
2012-05-00
Captain Atom
#0
origin retold
2012-11-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Captain Atom
1987–1991
53 issues →
Justice League Europe
1989–1993
29 issues →
Justice League: Generation Lost
2010–2011
24 issues →

Action Comics cover

Action Comics

1938–2011

16 issues →

Countdown cover

Countdown

2007–2008

16 issues →

Justice League America cover

Justice League America

1989–1996

15 issues →

Justice League International cover

Justice League International

1987–1989

14 issues →

Captain Atom cover

Captain Atom

2011–2012

13 issues →

Extreme Justice cover

Extreme Justice

1995–1996

12 issues →

Justice League Unlimited cover

Justice League Unlimited

2004–2008

12 issues →

Captain Atom: Armageddon cover

Captain Atom: Armageddon

2005–2006

9 issues →

Millennium cover

Millennium

1988–1988

7 issues →

Superman / Batman cover

Superman / Batman

2003–2011

7 issues →

Jenny Sparks cover

Jenny Sparks

2024–2025

7 issues →

Justice League Quarterly cover

Justice League Quarterly

1990–1994

6 issues →

TL(Cape Archive 1999

The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons)

1999–2000

6 issues →

Justice League International cover

Justice League International

2009–2011

6 issues →

TFACape Archive 2017

The Fall and Rise of Captain Atom

2017–2017

6 issues →

Justice League cover

Justice League

2018–2022

6 issues →

Superman Giant cover

Superman Giant

2018–2019

6 issues →

Justice League Unlimited cover

Justice League Unlimited

2025–

6 issues →

JLTCape Archive 2025

Justice League: The Atom Project

2025–2025

6 issues →

Suicide Squad cover

Suicide Squad

1987–2010

5 issues →

Action Comics Weekly cover

Action Comics Weekly

1988–1989

5 issues →

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1994–1994
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1987–2006
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1987–2006
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1993–1994
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1997–2006
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1999–2006
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2005–2006
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2007–2011
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