Cover Credits |
Penciller: Patrick R. Broderick Inker: Robert Allen Smith |
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Comic Title: Captain Atom #24
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date:
November 8, 1988 Shipping Date November 8, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #10
Direct Market Date November 10, 1988
Source: Comic Shop News, #72
Shipping Date November 10, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #151
Copyright Date November 18, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil
Story |
Title: "War-Day"
Pages: 22
Feature(s):
Captain Atom (Post-Crisis)
Crossover Event:
Invasion
Writer: Cary Bates
Plotter: Greg Weisman
Penciller: Patrick R. Broderick
Inker: Romeo Tanghal
Letterer: Carrie Spiegle (McCarthy)
Colorist: Shelly Eiber
Feature Character(s)
- Captain Atom (last appearance in Captain Atom #23; next appearance in Superman #26)
Guest Star(s)
- Maxwell Lord (last appearance in Detective Comics #595; next appearance in Invasion #2)
- Amanda Waller (last appearance in Invasion #1; next appearance in Invasion #2)
- Steve Trevor (last appearance in Wonder Woman #25; next appearance in Wonder Woman #26)
Supporting Character(s)
- Wade Eiling (last appearance in Captain Atom #23; next appearance in Invasion #2)
Villain(s)
- Durlans (last appearance in Flash #21; next appearance in Invasion #2)
- A Durlan spy (impersonating Steve Trevor; dies in this story; no further appearances)
Guest Appearance(s)
- Justice League (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #2)
- Blue Beetle (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #2)
- Booster Gold (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #2)
- Mister Miracle (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #2)
- Black Canary (last appearance in Green Arrow #14; next appearance in Green Arrow #15)
- Green Lantern (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #2)
- Flash (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #2)
Other Character(s)
- Higgins (a soldier; no further appearances)
- An unnamed doctor (no further appearances)
Comments:
This issue is labeled as an Invasion First Strike Extra.
Captain Atom appears in Superman #26 immediately following this story.
This story continues in Invasion #2.
The meeting at the conclusion of this story is shown in full in Invasion #2. Characters who attend at that meeting appear concurrently.
Synopsis:
Captain Atom is appointed the commander of Earth's super-hero forces against the alien invasion. He, along with Max Lord, Amanda Waller, and Wade Eiling, are put in charge of Earth's defense strategy.
Their first plan is to use the New Genesis satellite in orbit to target the alien fleet. Steve Trevor is recruited to fly the mission. However, before his shuttle lifts off, Trevor is paralyzes by alien technology. Captain Atom pilots the shuttle in his place.
Eiling soon realizes that Trevor has been replaced by a Durlan spy. The Durlans plan to capture Captain Atom in space. However, the Captain escapes the trap, returns to Earth, and destroys the spy.
The following day a meeting is held with Earth's super-heroes. Captain Atom is late because he has gone to Metropolis to recruit Superman.
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