Comic Title: Captain Atom #11
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: January 1988
On Sale Date: October 6, 1987 Shipping Date October 6, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #44

Shipping Date October 6, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #126

Newsstand Date October 27, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #126

Copyright Date October 6, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "A Matter of Choice"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Captain Atom (Post-Crisis)

Crossover Event:
Millennium

Writer: Cary Bates
Plotter: Greg Weisman
Penciller: Patrick R. Broderick
Inker: Robert Allen Smith
Letterer: Duncan Andrews
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Feature Character(s)

• Captain Atom (last appearance in Suicide Squad #9; next appearance in Millennium #5)

Guest Star(s)

• Firestorm (last appearance in Suicide Squad #9; next appearance in Millennium #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Wade Eiling (last appearance in Millennium #4; next appearance in Captain Atom #12)

Villain(s)

• Harry Hadley (dies in this story; last appearance in Millennium #4; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Martin Stein (behind-the-scenes; merged with Firestorm; last appearance in Suicide Squad #9; next appearance in Millennium #5)
• Mikhail Arkadin (behind-the-scenes; merged with Firestorm; last appearance in Suicide Squad #9; next appearance in Millennium #5)

Other Character(s)

• A television reporter and Dwight (her producer; no further appearances)
• The parents of Nathaniel Adam (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Two radiation victims (imaginary appearance)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Captain Atom (as a child; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Captain Atom #1)

Comments:
This issue is labeled:"Millennium Week 4" and is continued from Millennium #4.

This story crosses over with Suicide Squad #9.

Synopsis:
Captain Atom and Firestorm meet in the skies above the Louisiana bayou. Firestorm has been subverted by the Manhunters who have convinced him that he is their creation. Captain Atom attacks, but Firestorm is able to trap him in a containment sphere. Firestorm enters the sphere and allows Captain Atom to talk.

Captain Atom tells Firestorm a story about his childhood. The story leads Firestorm to begin trusting him. However, he then tells another tale which is part of his government cover story. Firestorm has been briefed on Captain Atom's true history and recognizes the story as a lie. Captain Atom is then forces to tell Firestorm the whole truth about his real past.

When Captain Atom explains that he has agreed to the government cover story, so that he can reconnect with his children, Firestorm believes him. The Nuclear Man releases Captain Atom and the two return to the Manhunter temple. The Suicide Squad detonates a bomb inside the temple. Firestorm and Captain Atom then contain the blast to prevent harm to anyone in the surrounding area. Firestorm converts many of the particles into snow. Captain Atom then agrees to help Firestorm with his training.