Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	June 1961
Pages	36
Notes	Information on this issue from Lou Mougin.

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Notes	Information on this issue from Lou Mougin.
Reprinted	in Action Heroes Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

7 page Captain Atom story "The Crisis"

Characters	Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Mr. Haynes; Malnov; Odeva
Synopsis	Captain Atom helps get Mr. Haynes to the peace confererance and also removes all the threats of the enemy missiles.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Reprinted	in Space Adventures (Charlton, 1978 series) #9; in Action Heroes Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (2004)

6 page story "The Friendly Planet"

Pencils	Rocco Mastroserio
Inks	Rocco Mastroserio

5 page story "The Stolen Hero"

Pencils	Bill Molno
Inks	Vince Alascia

5 page Captain Atom story "The Boy And The Stars"

Characters	Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; M/Sgt Willkie Scott
Synopsis	Captain Atom cures M/Sgt. Willkie Scott's son who was dying from gamma ray radiation.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Reprinted	in Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #77; in Space Adventures (Charlton, 1978 series) #12; in Action Heroes Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (2004)