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Captain Comet due to become a regular character, as otherwise it would have clashed with the "Adam Strange" limited series published around the same time. He was then part of the "R.E.B.E.L.S." series which continued from "L.E.G.I.O.N." That series was canceled with "R.E.B.E.L.S. ’96" #17 (March 1996), and had a solo story in "Showcase ’96" #10 (November 1996), after which another hiatus followed. Since 2005, under the writer Jim Starlin, Captain Comet has had his highest profile in DC Comics publications since the 1950s, featuring in the "Rann–Thanagar War" miniseries (2005), starring in the 8-issue miniseries "Mystery in Space (vol 2)" (2006),