Captain Atlas

Real Name: Honeywell

Identity/Class: Human transformed by chemical formulae.

Occupation: Junior employee of Gumshoe Detective Agency - exact job description unknown.

Affiliations: Professor Briggs

Enemies: Scarface

Known Relatives: None.

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: U.S.A.

First Appearance: Slick Fun (Gerald G Swan, 1950s)

Powers/Abilities: Professor Briggs' pills give Honeywell superstrength and make him invulnerable, able to ignore bullets or rocks to the head, but only for 24 hours. He is also capable of running at superhuman speeds.

History: Honeywell, young and puny employee of the Gumshoe Detective Agency, assigned to protect the scientist Professor Briggs, is given some secret Power Pellets by the Professor, who reasons that if his super concentrated muscle food tablets will work on Honeywell, they will work on anyone. When some thugs kidnap the Professor, Honeywell uses the pills to become the heroic Captain Atlas and rescue him.

Comments: Thanks to Stephen Montgomery for providing me with information and pictures of this character.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

• any other Captains
• Atlas, Golden age hero

• Atlas, member of Brigade

• Atlas, Lone Star hero

Any Additions/Corrections? Please let me know.

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