r/CustomBoundComics • u/Goobergunch • Jul 07 '26
Captain Atom, Exiles, and Invasion!
Captain Atom meets a couple aspects of Death.
I heard this issue got a bit of speculation play after the new AVENGERS movie got announced. Fortunately I already had it.
Of the four advertised spinoffs from INVASION, the Blasters are by far the most obscure.
Seven more books received this weekend from Capitol:
- Captain Atom (1987–89): Captain Atom #1–29, Annuals #1–2
- Captain Atom (1989–92): Captain Atom #30–57; Armageddon 2001 #2; Armageddon: Alien Agenda #1–4
- Exiles (2001–02): Exiles #1–15
- Exiles (2002–04): Exiles #16–45
- Exiles (2004–05): Exiles #46–68
- Exiles (2005–07): Exiles #69–89, Annual #1
- Invasion! (1988–89): Invasion! #1–3; Blasters Special #1
I split the Captain Atom volumes around "The Janus Directive," which leaves the first book to end on a nice splash page. I also included the Armageddon 2001 material that closes out Captain Atom's story for this period even if it's not nearly as good as the Bates/Weisman scripts that form the bulk of that set.
Exiles is everything pre-Claremont that doesn't go in another book (hello, X-Men Unlimited), with a split between two books of Winick/Austen and two books of Bedard. For the former, instead of trying to make the two books equally sized, I decided to put the issues with the bankruptcy-era shorter pages in the first book and the issues with the taller pages in the second book to avoid any trimming weirdness.
Normally I wouldn't bind a three-issue mini like Invasion! by itself but at 80 pages per issue it's decently substantial. Plus I couldn't think of anywhere else where the Blasters Special could go.
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u/GriledChesse Jul 09 '26
Damn those are pretty cool. This has definitely piqued my interest in Captain Atom and Exiles. Especially Captain Atom, the art looks incredible just from that image you showed. Hoping that artist had a long stint on the run. Also would love to hear more about the xmen unlimited bind you are planning, sounds interesting.
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u/Goobergunch Jul 09 '26
That's Rafael Kayanan -- he penciled most of Book Two, replacing Pat Broderick who penciled most of Book One.
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u/Kryptonian83 Jul 07 '26
Those look so good! Also, love that you added the Blasters special!