More great art from Williams and only one or two pages of lame exposition from Krul keep Captain Atom at the top of the New 52.
The exposition is really bad though, I must say. Having someone recount Captain Atom’s origin while he’s in the room… doesn’t strike me as a particularly inventive way of getting the information across.
Here, we meet some of his acquaintances, including a lady who likes him and a gentleman who doesn’t like the lady liking him.
It makes Atom feel contained and manageable. There aren’t forced ties to the rest of the DC Universe. When Captain Atom goes off and uses his powers for what amounts to real world magic, it’s passable. Krul doesn’t quite get the significance of the act down–even if Atom doesn’t get it, we should see he doesn’t–but it passes.
It’s less of a surprise, but still solid.
