Comic Title: Captain Atom #23
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: October 4, 1988 Shipping Date October 4, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #9

Shipping Date October 6, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #149

Newsstand Date October 29, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #149

Copyright Date October 4, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Prey for the Dead"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Captain Atom (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Cary Bates
Plotter: Greg Weisman
Penciller: Patrick R. Broderick
Inker: Romeo Tanghal
Letterer: Carrie Spiegle (McCarthy)
Colorist: Shelly Eiber

Feature Character(s)

• Captain Atom (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #631; next appearance in Captain Atom #24)

Supporting Character(s)

• Heinrich Megala (last appearance in Secret Origins #34; next appearance in Invasion #3)
• Babylon (last appearance in Secret Origins #34; next appearance in Invasion #3)
• Jeff Goslin (last appearance in Captain Atom Annual #2; next appearance in Captain Atom #28)
• Margaret Eiling (last appearance in Captain Atom Annual #2; next appearance in Captain Atom #26)
• Starshine Stone (last appearance in Captain Atom Annual #2; next appearance in Captain Atom #31)
• Wade Eiling (last appearance in Secret Origins #34; next appearance in Captain Atom #24)
• Martin Allard (last appearance in Captain Atom #22; next appearance in Captain Atom #25)

Villain(s)

• Ghost (last appearance in Captain Atom #14; next appearance in Captain Atom #27)
• The Ghost's henchmen (last appearance in Captain Atom #14; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Martin Lockleed (dies in this story; last appearance in Captain Atom #14; no further appearances)
• Homer Lockleed (last appearance in Captain Atom #10; next appearance in Captain Atom #33)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Nightshade (in flashback)

Synopsis:
Martin Lockleed is murdered by the followers of the Faceless One. Following his death, his son Homer inherits his company. However, Homer is mentally unstable, so Heinrich Megala is appointed caretaker until Homer recovers. Megala finds the stealthray research initiated by Alec Rios and resumes experiments with the help of Captain Atom. Nathaniel is also dealing with the news that his daughter Peggy and his best friend Jeff Goslin have gotten engaged.

The followers of the Faceless One track down Megala and press him to continue his experiments which can restore Rios from the quantum field. Another dose of Captain Atom's power is enough to bring Rios back in the form of the Ghost. He then escapes.