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Frank Richards · 06-28-2022, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by PROVOST

Nice finds !
About a decade ago, I picked up what turned out to be nearly the complete run of Cary Bates' Captain Atom, at a local comic shop, during a pretty generous Free Comic Book Day sale.
I loved the character in Justice League Unlimited, and I thought he was interesting in Jeff Loeb's and Ed McGuinness' run of "Superman/Batman", so I was thrilled to have finally found a series based on that character (since these issues weren't on Comixology at that point, if memory serves).
However, the Bates run was ... lol ... NOT what I was expecting at all !

Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing read, but I was not expecting a military conspiracy comic, replete with that characteristic mid-80's DC grimdark feel to it !
In all honesty, I was expecting a series featuring an overly-powered boy scout do-gooder, akin to the typical Captain Marvel or (obviously) Superman comic.
It did inspire me to re-read The Watchmen though. Since the two books were published around the same time, I was eager to examine the different approaches that Moore and Bates took in order to re-interpret and re-define Captain Atom.

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Frank Richards Adventurer, explorer ... Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,004	Quote: Originally Posted by PROVOST Nice finds ! About a decade ago, I picked up what turned out to be nearly the complete run of Cary Bates' Captain Atom, at a local comic shop, during a pretty generous Free Comic Book Day sale. I loved the character in Justice League Unlimited, and I thought he was interesting in Jeff Loeb's and Ed McGuinness' run of "Superman/Batman", so I was thrilled to have finally found a series based on that character (since these issues weren't on Comixology at that point, if memory serves). However, the Bates run was ... lol ... NOT what I was expecting at all ! Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing read, but I was not expecting a military conspiracy comic, replete with that characteristic mid-80's DC grimdark feel to it ! In all honesty, I was expecting a series featuring an overly-powered boy scout do-gooder, akin to the typical Captain Marvel or (obviously) Superman comic. It did inspire me to re-read The Watchmen though. Since the two books were published around the same time, I was eager to examine the different approaches that Moore and Bates took in order to re-interpret and re-define Captain Atom. __________________ I have a Galactus. Like a pet. Last edited by Frank Richards; 06-28-2022 at 02:45 PM..