Comic Title: Captain Atom #4
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: June 1987
On Sale Date: March 26, 1987 Newsstand Date March 26, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #37

Newsstand Date March 26, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #112

Shipping Date March 3, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #37

Shipping Date March 3, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #112

Shipping Date March 3, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #114

Copyright Date March 3, 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

Newsstand Date March 26, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #692, #694, #696

Shipping Date March 3, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #692, #694, #696

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

Title: "Fathers' Day"
Pages: 22

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

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

Feature Character(s)

• Captain Atom (last appearance in Captain Atom #3; next appearance in Captain Atom #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Wade Eiling (last appearance in Captain Atom #3; next appearance in Captain Atom #5)
• Heinrich Megala (last appearance in Captain Atom #3; next appearance in Captain Atom #5)
• Margaret Eiling (last appearance in Captain Atom #3; next appearance in Captain Atom #5)
• Babylon (last appearance in Captain Atom #1; next appearance in Captain Atom #5)
• Martin Allard (last appearance in Captain Atom #1; next appearance in Captain Atom #6)

Villain(s)

• Homer Lockleed (first appearance; next appearance in Captain Atom #10)

Other Character(s)

• Martin Lockleed (Homer's father; voice on the telephone; first appearance; next appearance in Captain Atom #14)
• Herbert (a psychologist; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Randy Eiling (in a dream)
• Anton Sarrok (in a dream)

Comments:
This story is continued in part from Captain Atom #3.

Synopsis:
After absorbing the radiation from a nuclear submarine, Captain Atom is presumed dead. Megala begins having nightmares brought on by guilt. General Eiling meets with his daughter and tells her that he had a man following her to keep her safe from Cameron Scott. He now claims that Scott will no longer be a problem.

Margaret then goes missing when Homer Lockleed, the man who was following her lures her into a trap. Homer is deranged and in love with her.

Captain Atom then returns. The radiation he absorbed caused him to jump forward in time by a few days. He confronts Eiling, then goes to save Margaret. After dealing with Homer, he resumes his normal appearance and is finally reunited with his daughter.