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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I really dislike the current DC Captain Atom costume it is so bland. I do like the first Cap Atom outfit but this one is my favourite as well. Ditko and others from this time understood what was required in a superhero costume and as a result the comics always shone on the spinner rack
ReplyDeleteHe knew how to attract the eye. They've redesigned the Captain Atom look a few times. The all-silver look has grown on me over the decades as it works in animation, but for comic books give me this classic.
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