29 Facts About Captain Comet

Captain Comet is a superhero appearing in American Comic Books published by DC Comics, created by editor Julius Schwartz, writer John Broome, and artist Carmine Infantino.

Captain Comet was created by Strange Adventures editor Julius Schwartz, John Broome, and artist Carmine Infantino, and the story was written by John Broome, drawn by Carmine Infantino, and inked by Bernard Sachs.

Captain Comet next appeared in 1976, when writer Gerry Conway and co-writer David Anthony Kraft reintroduced him as a supporting character in Secret Society of Super Villains, starting with "No Man Shall Call Me Master" .

Captain Comet was a popular character at the time—he came second in a poll for potential Justice League membership, and writer Bob Rozakis presented DC Comics with a proposal for Captain Comet's first self-titled series.

Captain Comet was actually a late replacement for fellow 1950s space traveler Adam Strange who was due to become a regular character, as otherwise it would have clashed with the Adam Strange limited series published around the same time.

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In 2005, under the writer Jim Starlin, Captain Comet had his highest profile in DC Comics publications since the 1950s, featuring in the Rann–Thanagar War miniseries, starring in the eight-issue miniseries Mystery in Space vol.

In 2011, a revamped version of Captain Comet, renamed simply "Comet", featured in Grant Morrison's run on Action Comics.

Captain Comet, the "first man of the future", is a mutant metahuman "born a hundred thousand years before his time", in 1931 to John and Martha Blake, a farming couple from the American Midwest.

Captain Comet's "metagene" was triggered by a comet passing overhead at birth.

Captain Comet's Captain Comet persona began when Adam used his powers to intervene when criminals attempted to steal an advanced scientific device invented by Professor Zackro.

In 1976 Captain Comet returned to Earth, having not aged, with a new protective costume instead of a spacesuit, and enhanced skills—controlling his appearance mentally —and with a powerful physical punch as well as a mental force, super-speed, and an ability to manipulate objects.

Captain Comet had an explanation for his absence—having always felt alienated from normal humans because of his abilities, he has been over 20 years in space.

Captain Comet fell in love with fellow member scientist Marij'n Bek, who nursed him back to health and studied the massive headaches he frequently suffered.

Captain Comet was next seen with Dox under contract to the planet Ancar, which had been invaded by Khunds during the Rann–Thanagar War; after intervention by Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, he decided to stay and help him end the war.

Captain Comet first accompanied Kyle to the destroyed planet Thanagar, where they built a protective dome and terraformed the land to create a secure environment for the survivors.

Year after the events of Infinite Crisis, Captain Comet was captured and tortured by Lady Styx, forcing him to jettison his primary consciousness from his body before death.

Captain Comet ended up working with Adam Strange, Hawkman, Starfire, The Weird, and the Prince Gavyn Starman against the influences of the warring Lord Synnar and Lady Styx on Rann and Thanagar .

Later, Captain Comet learned from the future spirit of Synnar that he is destined to be one of "The Aberrant Six": a group critical to preventing Synnar from destroying the universe.

Captain Comet was entrusted with Eye's robot companion, Orb, until Synnar returns to "continue his negotiations".

Captain Comet entered into a brief relationship with Starfire and helped defeat Starro the Conqueror, saving Rann, the Vega System and the galaxy.

Captain Comet returns to Earth to collect Suzie Lane, Lois Lane's niece, who like himself is a Neo-Sapian, which brings him into conflict with Superman, until Suzie uses her powers to drive Captain Comet away.

Captain Comet has telekinetic powers, which enable him to use his thoughts to move, lift, and alter matter without physical contact, mentally lift himself to fly at high-speed, create barriers of psychic force to deflect physical attack, and fire bursts of psionic energy that strike with concussive impact, sometimes in the form of lightning or fire blasts.

Captain Comet has an accelerated healing and his telekinetic shield can simultaneously protect him from the vacuum of space and surround him with a breathable environment.

Captain Comet's brain contains evolved sensory centers enabling him to clairvoyantly "see" events outside of his range of sight.

Captain Comet's evolved physiology originally made him superhumanly strong and durable, enough to lift a large spaceship and fight toe to toe with beings such as Lobo.

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Captain Comet has acquired a teleportation ability that can be used on others as well as himself, but normally requires an hour to recharge after every "jump".

Captain Comet has appeared in a number of DC Comics titles which do not fit into normal continuity:.

Captain Comet appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Siege of Starro" Pt.

Captain Comet is seen with the Green Lantern Corps fighting the Starro-controlled heroes and succumbs to Starro's control.