Captain Atom #87 for Sale - First Appearance of The Image - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series)
Issue: #87
Publication date: August 1967
Key date: 1967-08-00
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

First appearance of The Image - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Eve Eden, Nightshade.

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	Double Danger with the Fiery-Icer!	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio	Allen Adam, Captain Atom
1	The Menace of the Fiery-Icer	comic story	18	script: Steve Ditko, Dave Kaler; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Rocke Mastroserio	Allen Adam, Captain Atom
2	-	letters page	1	script: Dick Giordano; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
3	The Image's Idyl	comic story	7	script: Dave Kaler; pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; letters: Jim Aparo	Eve Eden Origin, The Image First, Nightshade Origin

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Action Heroes Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-1346-4; 978-1-4012-1346-6	2007	On eBay ›
Nightshade ISBN 978-1544745299	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #8610 of 12#88 ›

Sources

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

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