The solar system needs a hero and it's about to get one in an old-fashioned pulp adventure with modern sensibility. It was an age of miracles. It was an era of wonder. It was a time of troubles. It was all these things and more... except there were no heroes. Naturally, one had to be created. Curt Newton has spent most of his life hidden from the rest of humankind, being raised by a robot, an android, and the disembodied brain of a renowned scientist. This unlikely trio of guardians has kept his existence a closely guarded secret since the murder of Curt's parents. Curt's innate curiosity and nose for trouble inadvertently lead him into a plot to destabilize the Solar Coalition and assassinate the president. There's only one way to uncover the evil mastermind - Curt must become Captain Future!