Captain Atom #81 (1966) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series)
Issue: #81
Publication date: July 1966
Key date: 1966-07-00
Indicia publisher: Charlton Comics Group
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Doctor Spectro.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Five Faces of Dr. Spectro!	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Allen Adam, Captain Atom, Doctor Spectro
1	The Five Faces of Doctor Spectro	comic story	20	script: Steve Ditko, Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Allen Adam, Captain Atom, Doctor Spectro Origin
2	The Strong Man	text story	1	letters: typeset
3	What Happened to the U.F.O.?	comic story	1	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
4	Jiu-Jitsu: A Way of Life!	comic story	2	script: Frank McLaughlin; pencils: Frank McLaughlin; inks: Frank McLaughlin

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Action Heroes Archives #1 ISBN 1-4012-0302-7	2004	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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