Other Versions
Captain Comet has also appeared in a number of DC Comics titles which do not fit into normal continuity:
- 'DC Challenge' (November 1985 - October 1986);
- 'Kingdom Come' (1996), an acclaimed Elseworlds miniseries in which Captain Comet was a member of Superman's reformed Justice League. He was chosen by Superman to be warden of the Gulag, the holding facility/prison for metahumans who chose to defy the Justice League and was killed in a prison riot.
- 'The Golden Age' (1991), an Elseworlds miniseries where Captain Comet made a brief appearance in the final issue. This took place in 1951, the first year of his crime fighting career.
- In the DC Tangent "Earth-9" universe, Captain Comet was an African-American superhero from that reality's Chicago who was killed in Czechoslovakia trying to prevent a war in Europe. He was resurrected, and sought revenge for the bombing of a US Army base.
- He also made a brief appearance in the Elseworlds tale ' JLA: Another Nail (2004), when all time periods melded together.
- An older version of Captain Comet fights against the tyranny of Vril Dox in the Armageddon 2011 crossover. He loses his then-wife in the battle, Marijin, and is slain himself.
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