Comic Title: Captain Atom #2
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: April 1987
On Sale Date: January 29, 1987 Newsstand Date January 29, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #35

Newsstand Date January 29, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #108

Shipping Date January 6, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #35

Shipping Date January 6, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #108

Shipping Date January 6, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #112

Copyright Date January 6, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

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

Title: "A True American Hero?"
Pages: 22

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

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Patrick R. Broderick
Inker: Robert Allen Smith
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Captain Atom (last appearance in Captain Atom #1; next appearance in Captain Atom #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Wade Eiling (last appearance in Captain Atom #1; next appearance in Captain Atom #3)
• Heinrich Megala (last appearance in Captain Atom #1; next appearance in Captain Atom #3)
• Jeff Goslin (last appearance in Captain Atom #1; next appearance in Captain Atom #3)

Villain(s)

• Plastique (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Suicide Squad #1)
• Phillipe and Plastique's gang (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #587; next appearance in Booster Gold #16)
• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #572; next appearance in Detective Comics #573)
• Blue Beetle (last appearance in Blue Beetle #15; next appearance in Justice League #1)
• Firestorm (last appearance in Fury of Firestorm #59; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #60)
• Martin Stein (behind-the-scenes; merged with Firestorm; last appearance in Fury of Firestorm #59; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #60)

Other Character(s)

• Ronald Reagan (last appearance in Captain Atom #1; next appearance in Secret Origins #14)
• The Prime Minister of Canada (no further appearances)
• Gil Traynor (an intelligence agent; first name revealed in Captain Atom #37; next appearance in Captain Atom #37)

Synopsis:
Captain Atom goes to Canada under the false identity of Cameron Scott in order to infiltrate the terrorist group run by Plastique. She has been tipped off that the government wants to place a spy in her group, so she captures Scott and straps a bomb to his chest. Captain Atom is able to survive the blast and recover documents relating to Plastique's next target.

Plastique's cause is to separate Quebec from the rest of Canada. She targets the Canadian parliament building, but Captain Atom stops the suicide bomber. He then gains information which leads him to another bomb in the torch of the Statue of Liberty. After safely disposing of both bombs, Captain Atom rescues President Reagan and the Canadian Prime Minister when Plastique attacks them.