Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-1038387-20120921180940/@comment-1038387-20120921191018

It would be awesome, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, nothing of the old Bates/Weisman series has been reprinted. And if you live in a certain small country on the wrong side of the puddle, you're not going to find them in the stores (hell, you're not going to find any stores). You can pirate older comics (look up "abandonware"), but I like paper comics, so I spent a lot on shipping (I got #44 and #46 this week, which brings my grand total to 10 issues). Because I have not read the entire series, I can't give a full recommendation.

But what I think are important issues:
 * #9. Details the court martial
 * #20. A Blue Beetle teamup, touched upon in the next arc.
 * #26-#28: The "Top Secret" arc. This is basically what issues 9 and 10 of Young Justice are based on.

And then there's the Invasion! event, in which Cap played an important role. It should still be available in trade paperback, even though it doesn't have all the tie-in issues.

DC also published a "Showcase Presents: Captain Atom" trade, collecting a series of backup features in Action Comics. I've only read the first two issues, but it wasn't very important to the character.

He's had a main role in some other events recently:
 * Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (the comic arc on which the movie is based)
 * Captain Atom: Armageddon (a WildStorm crossover)
 * Countdown to Final Crisis and related (he was Monarch in this series. Not worthy of your money)
 * Generation Lost (The Brightest Day revival of the Justice League International. A fun read.)

Of the New 52, I've only read the first two issues, and from that, I'm forced to agree with some of the criticisms: he's written too much like Doctor Manhattan, not Captain Atom.