Captain Atom In The Rough!

This gorgeous cover shows off Steve Ditko's watercolor conceptual artwork for the "new" Captain Atom costume which debuted in Captain Atom #84. I might be in a distinct minority on this, but this is my favorite Captain Atom look, distinctive, colorful and cheery! His old gold costume was pretty dang good, but this one was better. And sadly, nothing they've designed at DC (and there have been oodles) has surpassed either of these two originals. The artwork here is used as a cover for an issue of the fan published CAPA-Alpha. 

(Denys Cowan & Rick Magyar)

(George Perez & Dick Giordano)

Here's that classic costume used for Captain Atom's DC's Who's Who entry. The actual entry is by artists Denys Cowan and Rick Magyar who attempt to evoke Ditko's classic feel. I like the way George Perez and Dick Giordano render him on the cover. (There's very little that Perez drew that I didn't like to be truthful.)

(Steve Ditko & Rocke Mastroserio)
But nothing beats the classic. It's been grand fun revisiting Captain Atom these past several weeks. More radioactivity from Charlton tomorrow as we wrap up the month. 
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