While Watchmen’s Doctor Manhattan is famous for perceiving time all at once, Grant Morrison’s version of the character takes things one step further. The Captain Atom of The Multiversity: Pax Americana sees time like a literal comic book, but this isn't just a superpower - it's how the comic great suggest humans could actually understand reality.
Released in 2014, Pax Americana was the fourth issue of The Multiversity, Grant Morrison’s ultimate statement on DC Comics. With each issue taking place in a different Earth in the DC Multiverse, Pax Americana takes place on Earth-4, the home of Charlton Comics heroes like the Question, Captain Atom and Blue Beetle. Famously, these Charlton characters were originally going to be the main characters in Watchmen, and Morrison capitalizes on that connection in Pax Americana, using the comic as a way to analyze that famous work.
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Released in 2014, Pax Americana was the fourth issue of The Multiversity, Grant Morrison’s ultimate statement on DC Comics. With each issue taking place in a different Earth in the DC Multiverse, Pax Americana takes place on Earth-4, the home of Charlton Comics heroes like the Question, Captain Atom and Blue Beetle. Famously, these Charlton characters were originally going to be the main characters in Watchmen, and Morrison capitalizes on that connection in Pax Americana, using the comic as a way to analyze that famous work.
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- ScreenRant
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Captain Atom was created for Charlton Comics by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko in 1960's Space Adventures #33. Allen Adam was a man vaporised in an exploding experimental rocket only to reform himself and gain superpowers. The property was one of those obtained by DC (alongside others including Blue Beetle and the Question). Re-introduced in 1987 by DC, Captain Atom was now Nathaniel Christopher Adam, a Us Air Force officer framed for a crime he did not commit. Sentenced to death, he was offered the alternative of participating in a dangerous experiment with an (more)...
Captain Atom #1 is written by Jt Krul (Green Arrow) and drawn by Freddie Williams II (Jsa All-Stars). What's the history?
Captain Atom was created for Charlton Comics by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko in 1960's Space Adventures #33. Allen Adam was a man vaporised in an exploding experimental rocket only to reform himself and gain superpowers. The property was one of those obtained by DC (alongside others including Blue Beetle and the Question). Re-introduced in 1987 by DC, Captain Atom was now Nathaniel Christopher Adam, a Us Air Force officer framed for a crime he did not commit. Sentenced to death, he was offered the alternative of participating in a dangerous experiment with an (more)...
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