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Captain Future is a fictional superhero character (not to be confused with Captain Future, the pulp magazine character of the same name) who first appeared in ''Startling Comics'' #1 (June 1940) from Nedor Comics.
In 1940, scientist Andrew Bryant discovers that bathing himself in a combination of gamma ray, gamma and infrared rays will grant him superpowers. He uses these powers to fight crime, with the help of his detective girlfriend, Grace Adams of the Agatha Detective Agency. While "powered up" Bryant is super-strong, can fly and hurl bolts of energy from his hands. Strong blows to the head, however, can render him unconscious, and he must frequently use his radiation machine to recharge his powers.
According to ''Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes'', "his enemies vary from German ("Nazonians") and Japanese agents to Dr. Allirog, a Dr. Moreau, Moreau-like mad scientist who creates "fiendish monsters" and who transplanted his brain into the body of a bear with the head, hands and feet of a gorilla, to Dr. Bio, who creates horse-sized tarantulas with human faces, to kaiju-sized alligators".
Captain Future
at ''The Good Guys & Gals of the Golden Age'', vol. 2, no. 22 {{commons category, Captain Future (Nedor), Captain Future (Nedor Comics) Comics characters introduced in 1940 Dynamite Entertainment characters Golden Age superheroes Nedor Comics superheroes Comics characters with superhuman strength Fictional World War II veterans Public domain comics
Publishing history
Captain Future appeared in issues #1-40 of ''Startling Comics'' (June 1940 - July 1946). He also appeared in several issues of ''America's Best Comics''. In 2003, he appeared in AC Comics' ''Sentinels of America'' #1, along with Black Terror, Miss Masque, Fighting Yank, and The Scarab (Nedor), Scarab. In 2004 he appeared in ''Terra Obscura, Volume Two''. In 2008, Captain Future appeared in flashbacks in Dynamite Entertainment's miniseries ''Project Superpowers''; in the one-shot ''Project Superpowers: Chapter Two Prelude'', it was stated that he would appear in future issues in this line.Fictional biography
Nedor Comics
In 1940, scientist Andrew Bryant discovers that bathing himself in a combination of gamma ray, gamma and infrared rays will grant him superpowers. He uses these powers to fight crime, with the help of his detective girlfriend, Grace Adams of the Agatha Detective Agency. While "powered up" Bryant is super-strong, can fly and hurl bolts of energy from his hands. Strong blows to the head, however, can render him unconscious, and he must frequently use his radiation machine to recharge his powers.
According to ''Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes'', "his enemies vary from German ("Nazonians") and Japanese agents to Dr. Allirog, a Dr. Moreau, Moreau-like mad scientist who creates "fiendish monsters" and who transplanted his brain into the body of a bear with the head, hands and feet of a gorilla, to Dr. Bio, who creates horse-sized tarantulas with human faces, to kaiju-sized alligators".
''Project Superpowers''
At some point after World War II, Captain Future was trapped in the mystical Urn of Pandora by the misguided Fighting Yank, along with dozens of other heroes. Decades later, the Urn was broken and the heroes were freed. In the second volume of Project Superpowers, it is revealed that Captain Future was actually the Greek god Zeus all along.Powers and abilities
After bathing himself in gamma and infrared rays, Captain Future gained superhuman strength, flight, and the ability to project energy bolts through his hands, although his powers are only temporary and he must expose himself to the radiation to recharge them.References
External links
*Captain Future
at ''The Good Guys & Gals of the Golden Age'', vol. 2, no. 22 {{commons category, Captain Future (Nedor), Captain Future (Nedor Comics) Comics characters introduced in 1940 Dynamite Entertainment characters Golden Age superheroes Nedor Comics superheroes Comics characters with superhuman strength Fictional World War II veterans Public domain comics