
{"id":10578,"date":"2008-11-15T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=10578"},"modified":"2008-11-14T00:06:29","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T23:06:29","slug":"oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldies But Goodies: Space Adventures #33 (Mars 1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10637\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960\/attachment\/captainatom0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom0.jpg?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"100,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"captainatom0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom0.jpg?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10637\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"Space Adventures #33 (Mars 1960) featuring Captain Atom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom0.jpg?resize=100%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>[FRENCH] <strong>Avant de co-cr\u00e9er Spider-Man, Steve Ditko \u0153uvrait chez Charlton Comics et, en compagnie du sc\u00e9nariste Joe Gill, montrait d\u00e9j\u00e0 des signes de ce que serait plus tard la \u00ab\u00a0m\u00e9thode Marvel\u00a0\u00bb. C&rsquo;est dans ce num\u00e9ro qu&rsquo;ils allaient introduire leur cr\u00e9ation, Captain Atom. Ce dernier, issu de la guerre froide, serait plus tard le mod\u00e8le du Doctor Manhattan dans Watchmen.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faites connaissance avec le Capitaine Adam (dans cet \u00e9pisode initial les auteurs ne se donneront pas la peine de lui donner un pr\u00e9nom), LE sp\u00e9cialiste de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e de l&rsquo;air am\u00e9ricaine pour tout ce qui touche aux fus\u00e9es et aux missiles. Dans les premi\u00e8res cases, alors que nous le d\u00e9couvrons, cet expert ne brille pourtant pas par sa comp\u00e9tence: Il se trouvait \u00e0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur d&rsquo;un missile sur le point d&rsquo;\u00eatre lanc\u00e9, en train de faire une r\u00e9paration de routine. Mais dans sa h\u00e2te il a \u00e9chapp\u00e9 un tournevis au milieu d&rsquo;une masse de fils et, en se baissant pour le ramasser, s&rsquo;est tout simplement retrouv\u00e9 avec la main pi\u00e9g\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960\/attachment\/captainatom1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom1.jpg?fit=200%2C299&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,299\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"captainatom1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom1.jpg?fit=200%2C299&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10638\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"Space Adventures #33 (Mars 1960)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom1.jpg?resize=200%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom1.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom1.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Et le missile (dont le lancement est apparemment programm\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re automatique) n&rsquo;arr\u00eate pas pour autant le compte-\u00e0-rebours&#8230; malgr\u00e9 les appels de la base de lancement qui demande avec insistance au Captain Adam de se manifester). En temps normal j&rsquo;aurais tendance \u00e0 penser que toute base de lancement digne de ce nom, apr\u00e8s avoir constat\u00e9 la disparition de son plus grand expert en missile, stopperait imm\u00e9diatement toute op\u00e9ration de lancement, de peur qu&rsquo;il y ait sabotage. Mais l\u00e0, non, ca n&rsquo;a pas l&rsquo;air de traverser l&rsquo;esprit des militaires am\u00e9ricains. Ce n&rsquo;est que lorsque la fus\u00e9e est bel et bien lanc\u00e9e qu&rsquo;un soldat se manifeste: \u00ab\u00a0Attendez ! Le Capitaine Adam est encore \u00e0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur !\u00a0\u00bb. Trop tard, la fus\u00e9e est lanc\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Et voici le Captain Adam propuls\u00e9 en orbite, battant bien malgr\u00e9 lui de presque un an le vol du sovi\u00e9tique Youri Gagarine (qui se d\u00e9roula le 12 avril 1961). La port\u00e9e historique de l&rsquo;\u00e9v\u00e9nement est bien le cadet des soucis d&rsquo;Adam puisqu&rsquo;\u00e0 la diff\u00e9rence de Gagarine il n&rsquo;est pas \u00e0 bord d&rsquo;une vraie fus\u00e9e spatiale. L&rsquo;engin \u00e0 bord duquel il est prisonnier est un vrai missile, programm\u00e9 pour faire exploser une ogive atomique dans l&rsquo;espace. Sous la pouss\u00e9e de l&rsquo;acc\u00e9l\u00e9ration Adam tombe dans les pommes et, \u00e0 terre, les repr\u00e9sentants de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e regardent, impuissants, le missile qui s&rsquo;\u00e9loigne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10639\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960\/attachment\/captainatom2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom2.jpg?fit=460%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"460,218\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"captainatom2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom2.jpg?fit=460%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10639\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"Introducing... Captain Atom!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom2.jpg?resize=460%2C218\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom2.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom2.jpg?resize=150%2C71&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quelques cases d\u00e9crivent ensuite le martyr du Capitaine Adam, clou\u00e9 par la pouss\u00e9e, puis soumis \u00e0 une chaleur intol\u00e9rable tandis que son corps de d\u00e9shydrate. A l&rsquo;heure programm\u00e9e, une fois le missile assez loin de la Terre, il explose comme pr\u00e9vu, avec son passager involontaire \u00e0 bord. L&rsquo;explosion telle que repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960\/attachment\/captainatom3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom3.jpg?fit=200%2C283&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,283\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"captainatom3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom3.jpg?fit=200%2C283&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10641\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"La transformation du Capitaine Adam\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom3.jpg?resize=200%2C283\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom3.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom3.jpg?resize=106%2C150&amp;ssl=1 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>par Steve Ditko ressemble \u00e0 un champignon atomique \u00ab\u00a0terrestre\u00a0\u00bb (ce qui est plut\u00f4t \u00e9trange si loin de la Terre, o\u00f9 la force devrait \u00eatre r\u00e9partie de mani\u00e8re relativement homog\u00e8ne autour de l&rsquo;engin). Quand au corps d&rsquo;Adam, il est bien \u00e9videmment d\u00e9sint\u00e9gr\u00e9 sur le champ&#8230; Encore que le narrateur nous pr\u00e9vient qu&rsquo;il se produit alors une \u00ab\u00a0transformation comme l&rsquo;Homme n&rsquo;en a jamais connu\u00a0\u00bb. Mais en d\u00e9finitive, une fois pass\u00e9e l&rsquo;explosion il ne reste plus rien du missile ou d&rsquo;Adam. A terre, son ami le Sergent Gunner est d\u00e9vast\u00e9 par la perte. Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral qui supervisait l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration l&rsquo;informe alors qu&rsquo;Adam ne peut qu&rsquo;\u00eatre d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9. Gunner accuse le coup. Mais alors qu&rsquo;il se lamente il \u00e9coute une voix. Celle de son ami! Le Capitaine Adam est vivant! Il lui parle! Il lui demande alors de se rendre jusqu&rsquo;au site de lancement tandis que le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral emboite le pas. L\u00e0 bas les deux hommes trouvent un Capitaine Adam entier, bien qu&rsquo;aur\u00e9ol\u00e9 d&rsquo;une aura radioactive. Adam leur explique qu&rsquo;il a bien \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9sint\u00e9gr\u00e9 mais qu&rsquo;il a \u00e9t\u00e9 capable de regrouper les particules de son corps et qu&rsquo;il poss\u00e8de d&rsquo;autres pouvoirs. On notera que cet accident atomique est en quelque sorte le pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur de quelques origines marvelliennes. Dans le compte-\u00e0-rebours non arr\u00eat\u00e9, on trouve d\u00e9j\u00e0 un soup\u00e7on de l&rsquo;origine de Hulk\/Bruce Banner. Dans le lancement rat\u00e9 d&rsquo;une fus\u00e9e, doubl\u00e9 d&rsquo;une dose de radiation dans l&rsquo;espace, on voit d\u00e9j\u00e0 un petit bout de ce que sera l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e suivante la gen\u00e8se des Fantastic Four.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10643\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960\/attachment\/captainatom4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom4.jpg?fit=460%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"460,274\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"captainatom4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom4.jpg?fit=460%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10643\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;\" title=\"&quot;Ne vous approchez-pas...&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom4.jpg?resize=460%2C274\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom4.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom4.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pour l&rsquo;instant, Adam est radioactif et on ne peut pas l&rsquo;approcher. Heureusement que cet accident est arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 un expert. Adam explique alors aux deux autres militaires qu&rsquo;il existe une substance, le Diulustel, dont on se sert pour bloquer les radiations. Il suffira de lui construire une combinaison en cette mati\u00e8re (qui n&rsquo;existe que dans l&rsquo;esprit de Joe Gill et Steve Ditko et qui tient d&rsquo;\u00e9quivalent des costumes en \u00ab\u00a0mol\u00e9cules instables\u00a0\u00bb des Fantastic Four). Au sujet de ce costume un petit d\u00e9tail: sur la couverture il est jaune et orang\u00e9 tandis qu&rsquo;\u00e0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur il est plut\u00f4t bleut\u00e9. Dans les \u00e9pisodes suivants le costume sera toujours repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en jaune et le bleu sera oubli\u00e9 (comme s&rsquo;il n&rsquo;avait jamais exist\u00e9) mais c&rsquo;est sans doute l\u00e0 que le Doctor Manhattan des Watchmen, d\u00e9riv\u00e9 de ce Captain Atom, tirera sa propre couleur bleue. On n&rsquo;est pourtant pas au bout des \u00ab\u00a0inspirations\u00a0\u00bb auxquelles ce personnage va donner lieu. Adam demande au General Eining de convoquer les plus hauts grad\u00e9s pour leur faire une d\u00e9monstration de ses pouvoirs. Quand il porte sa combinaison en Diulustel sous des v\u00eatements de ville, il lui suffit d&rsquo;intensifier les radiations \u00e9manant de son corps pour d\u00e9sint\u00e9grer ces habits et se retrouver en tenue op\u00e9rationnelle. Mais surtout il peut voler, laissant derri\u00e8re lui une train\u00e9e de particules qui sera aussi, plus tard, un signe distinctif du Captain Marvel \u00ab\u00a0Kree\u00a0\u00bb tel que dessin\u00e9 par Jim Starlin ou Pat Broderick. Difficile aussi de ne pas voir des similitudes entre les origines et le costume jaune de Captain Atom et Photonik, \u00ab\u00a0sup&rsquo;h\u00e9ros\u00a0\u00bb fran\u00e7ais des ann\u00e9es 80. Il s&rsquo;agissait d&rsquo;un pauvre bossu dont le corps \u00e9tait d\u00e9sint\u00e9gr\u00e9 puis reconstruit de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 avoir des superpouvoirs. Quand \u00e0 savoir si c&rsquo;est un hasard ou un clin d&rsquo;\u0153il, cela vaudrait la peine de poser la question un jour \u00e0 Cyro Tota, l&rsquo;inventeur de Photonik. Pour Starlin sur Captain Marvel, par contre, l&rsquo;allusion est \u00e9vidente.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960\/attachment\/captainatom5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom5.jpg?fit=460%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"460,266\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"captainatom5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom5.jpg?fit=460%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10644\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"&quot;Vous \u00eates certain que vous n'\u00eates pas radioactif ?&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom5.jpg?resize=460%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom5.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom5.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pour en revenir au Capitaine Adam, sa d\u00e9monstration \u00e9blouit les repr\u00e9sentants de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e qui font leur rapport&#8230; Et bient\u00f4t Adam est invit\u00e9 \u00e0 la Maison Blanche, pour y rencontrer le pr\u00e9sident (bien qu&rsquo;il ne soit pas nomm\u00e9, il est reconnaissable, il s&rsquo;agit bien de Dwight Eisenhower, pr\u00e9sident am\u00e9ricain en activit\u00e9 en 1960). Eisenhower offre alors \u00e0 Adam un nouveau costume en lui disant qu&rsquo;il sera un atout dissuasif plus \u00ab\u00a0puissant que n&rsquo;importe quelle arme\u00a0\u00bb et qu&rsquo;ILS (comprenez les communistes) ne doivent rien savoir de lui. D&rsquo;o\u00f9 le besoin d&rsquo;un masque pour cacher son identit\u00e9 et un nouvel alias. Dans la journ\u00e9e il sera le Capitaine Adam mais quand son pays aura besoin de lui il deviendra&#8230; le Captain Atom!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/oldies-but-goodies-space-adventures-33-mars-1960\/attachment\/captainatom6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom6.jpg?fit=180%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"180,401\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"captainatom6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom6.jpg?fit=180%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10645\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"Captain Atom au garde-\u00e0-vous devant le Pr\u00e9sident. Que voulez-vous, c'est la Guerre Froide...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom6.jpg?resize=180%2C401\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom6.jpg?w=180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/captainatom6.jpg?resize=67%2C150&amp;ssl=1 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>D&rsquo;ailleurs ca ne tra\u00eene pas! Tr\u00e8s vite deux \u00ab\u00a0camarades\u00a0\u00bb (dont de mani\u00e8re induite des communistes) infiltr\u00e9s \u00e0 Cape Canaveral se f\u00e9licitent d&rsquo;avoir sabot\u00e9 une fus\u00e9e en train de d\u00e9coller. Ils l&rsquo;ont programm\u00e9 pour qu&rsquo;elle se pose pr\u00e8s d&rsquo;un complexe industriel \u00ab\u00a0\u00e0 eux\u00a0\u00bb o\u00f9 sa technologie pourra \u00eatre copi\u00e9e. Apprenant qu&rsquo;une fus\u00e9e est devenue incontr\u00f4lable et qu&rsquo;elle se dirige vers le pays ennemi (jamais clairement identifi\u00e9), Captain Atom s&rsquo;envole et arrive \u00e0 la faire exploser avant qu&rsquo;elle n&rsquo;arrive \u00e0 destination. Eisenhower peut alors f\u00e9liciter le nouveau h\u00e9ros en esp\u00e9rant que gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 lui on pourra bient\u00f4t vivre dans un monde libre. Pas mal pour un bonhomme qui \u00e0 la base n&rsquo;est pas foutu de ramasser un tournevis! Et l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur termine sur le fait que si les lecteurs ont aim\u00e9 cet \u00e9pisode de Captain Atom ils doivent \u00e9crire pour en demander plus. En fait les aventures du bon Captain s&rsquo;arr\u00eateront dans Space Adventures #39 (avril 1961), n&rsquo;ayant apparemment pas attir\u00e9 les foules. Et Steve Ditko se concentrera progressivement sur ses travaux pour Marvel. Captain Atom reviendra en 1965, quand Charlton commencera par r\u00e9imprimer les \u00e9pisodes initiaux, avant que Ditko produise de nouveaux \u00e9pisodes in\u00e9dits. Assez curieusement le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00ab\u00a0Eining\u00a0\u00bb, qui est \u00e0 la base un des proches du Capitaine Adam finira par \u00eatre rebaptis\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00ab\u00a0Eiling\u00a0\u00bb. Plus tard, quand Captain Atom sera rachet\u00e9 par DC Comics et que son origine sera \u00ab\u00a0modernis\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb, Eiling passera du stade d&rsquo;alli\u00e9 d&rsquo;Atom \u00e0 celui de salopard int\u00e9gral, responsable de tous ses malheurs. Au point que le personnage prenne une importance propre dans l&rsquo;univers DC, ne se limitant pas \u00e0 la p\u00e9riph\u00e9rie du seul Captain Atom. On verra plus tard le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Eiling en personnage malfaisant dans des s\u00e9ries telles que Suicide Squad ou m\u00eame dans les \u00e9pisodes de la JLA de Grant Morrison, o\u00f9 Eiling finit par faire transf\u00e9rer son cerveau dans un andro\u00efde indestructible simplement surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral\u00a0\u00bb. \u00ab\u00a0Eining\u00a0\u00bb a bien fait du chemin depuis et ce n&rsquo;est l\u00e0 qu&rsquo;une des contributions de ce premier num\u00e9ro de Captain Atom \u00e0 fait \u00e0 l&rsquo;histoire des comics. Et quand en prime Alan Moore s&rsquo;est pench\u00e9 sur ce super-h\u00e9ros pour (initialement) l&rsquo;utiliser dans Watchmen, ce n&rsquo;\u00e9tait plus qu&rsquo;une sorte d&rsquo;officialisation de l&rsquo;influence de ce h\u00e9ros&#8230;<\/p>\n[<em>Xavier Fournier<\/em>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[FRENCH] Avant de co-cr\u00e9er Spider-Man, Steve Ditko \u0153uvrait chez Charlton Comics et, en compagnie du sc\u00e9nariste Joe Gill, montrait 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