“Meet Captain Adam...The Air Force career man who knew more about rocketry, missiles, and the universe than any man alive....a specialist of the missile age, dedicated soldier who was a physics prodigy at eight, a chemist, a ballistics genius! In short, Captain Adam was an invaluable Space-Age soldier even before that memorable day at cape Canaveral Florida, when an Atlas missile was being readied for blast off... with an atomic warhead inside....and Captain Adam making the final, last second adjustments.....” That was the beginning of the exciting space-action superhero CAPTAIN ATOM. He fought to defend Earth and the Solar System from evil aliens, mad scientists, rampaging monsters and galactic disaster! These are his complete stories from SPACE ADVENTURES #33-42 (1960-1961), and CAPTAIN ATOM #78-89 (1965-1967)! The stories were written by Joe Gill and David Kaler while the atrwork was by Steve Ditko, Frank McLaughlin and Rocco Mastroserio. As an added bonus, this volume includes two Nightshade tales by David Kaler and Jim Aparo.