Captain Comet (Adam Blake) is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino.
The character of Captain Comet first appeared in Strange Adventures #9 (June, 1951), and his 1950s appearances ended with Strange Adventures #49 (October, 1954), making him one of the last of the DC Comics Golden Age characters to cease appearing during the great superhero drought of the 1950s. There are no Captai...
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Captain Comet (Adam Blake) is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino.
The character of Captain Comet first appeared in Strange Adventures #9 (June, 1951), and his 1950s appearances ended with Strange Adventures #49 (October, 1954), making him one of the last of the DC Comics Golden Age characters to cease appearing during the great superhero drought of the 1950s. There are no Captain Comet stories in issues #45, 47, and 48.
Captain Comet next appeared in 1976 when comic writer Gerry Conway and co-writer David Kraft brought him back as a supporting character in Secret Society of Super Villains #2 ('No man shall call me master', July/August 1976). In this series, it was revealed that Captain Comet has been exploring space since his final Strange Adventures appearance. He also appeared as lead character for the first time since 1954 in an extended story 'Danger: Dinosaurs at large' (DC Special 27, April/May 1977).
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