Before Charlton and Steve Ditko, Nation-Wide Publishing produced during 1950 and 1951 seven issues of a title called CAPTAIN ATOM. Captain Atom is an athlete, adventurer and scholar whose exploits are sponsored by Professor King. King’s business interests continuously take him around the globe. Captain Atom’s duties include his piloting Professor King’s custom-built turbojet airliner. Traveling with the Professor is Mrs. King his wife, their twin twelve year olds, Jeff and Carol, the twin’s nanny Jill Jordan and Rusty McQuigg, co-pilot, navigator and communications officer. CAPTAIN ATOM, Professor King and his family travel the world solving mysteries in Columbia, conducting secret missions in the Aleutian Islands, discovering ancient tombs in the Middle East and thwarting saboteurs in the United States. Using super-science, a dazzling array of fabulous inventions, skill, brawn and brains, Nation-Wide’s CAPTAIN ATOM series is a must for fans of Johnny Quest, the Thunderbirds and the Challengers of the Unknown.