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| Trivia | - * Nathaniel's cover story is a modified version of Captain Atom's pre-Crisis origin story, presented as a governmental cover-up for the post-Crisis version's origin story seen in issue #1.
*Eve is named after Eve Evelyn, aka Nightshade, who is the pre-Crisis Captain Atom's superhero partner and mutual love interest.
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| Recommended | - * Captain Atom (Charlton Comics Group)
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| Links | - * Captain Atom series index at Comicbookdb.com
* Captain Atom series index at the Grand Comics Database
* Captain Atom series index at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
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| Synopsis | - As part of the government's public relations stunt, Captain Atom granted a television interview and tells a heavily fabricated cover story. According to his cover story, Captain Atom was a aerospace engineer who was accidentally launched into space on a nuclear missile in which the subsequent explosion gave him his powers. He became a superhero, but keeping his existence and actions secret for years in order to protect his identity. After those years, his powers gradually develop that gave him his current appearance. He also married to a woman named Eve until she died from a terminal illness. On her deathbed, Eve request her husband to continue working as Captain Atom in which he was spurred to coming out to the public.
Nathaniel Adam is summoned to a debriefing at the Pentagon. A nuclear submarine, the Stalwart, suffered problems in its reactor and sunk within hundreds of miles off the coast of Virginia Beach after its crew were safely evacuated. Currently, the submarine is spewing deadly levels of radiation from the ocean floor, and the situation require Captain Atom for the job. Dr. Megala also warn Captain Atom to not absorb the radiation too soon and remaining outside of the sub at a 500 ft radius given that there is still much to learn about the limits of his quantum abilities. But Nathaniel refuses to follow that order because of a deal made with General Eiling to see his children was denied. Eiling threatens Nathaniel to have him court-martialed again, but Nathaniel countered that since he has nothing to lose he can confess to the world of his true identity and therefore ruining Eiling's and the government's trust with the public. Unless Eiling lived up to his end of their agreement. Nathaniel's act of defiance embarrass Eiling in front of his superiors.
After Nathaniel left the briefing, he meets up with Goslin. His friend has been working to find the whereabouts of Nathaniel's children, and he has discover that his daughter, Peggy, is due to arrive at Dulles International Airport. Nathaniel awaits at the airport and is surprised to meet with his grown-up daughter, who resembles an exact image of her mother. Nathaniel is too stunned to properly introduce himself to Peggy, who initially mistake Nathaniel for one of General Eiling's aides. When Peggy realized that he is not sent by her father, she angrily dismiss Nathaniel for a man in uniform trying to seduce her. She then calls for a taxi cab before Nathaniel failed to explain to her.
Nathaniel sadly accept the reality that he cannot be reunite with his grown-up children, who are now considered Eiling's children. He then transform into Captain Atom and head off to keeping the radiation of the Stalwart contain. But Nathaniel, ignoring Dr. Megala's warnings, position himself right near the submarine's ruptured reactor and proceed to completely absorb all the radiation. Right before everyone's eyes, Nathaniel disappears.
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| quotation | - I'm Captain Atom. I have no wife. I have no children. I'm Captain Atom. I'm a living conduit plugged into the limitless Quantum Field that comprises all matter and energy. That means--there must be no limit--to what I can do! I'm Captain Atom.
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