History Characters / CaptainAtom

* FlatCharacter: He's always been weak in both the personality and motivation department, but it became particularly noticable in the 2000s, where every political story involved him (''Battle for Bludhaven'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman: ComicBook/PublicEnemies'' being notable examples of this), to the point where most readers grew to dislike the character due to his repetitive role in the stories.

* MyCountryRightOrWrong: During ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'', Nathaniel is willing to work for Lex Luthor because Luthor is President of the United States. [[spoiler:This is excused as being because he was depressed and lost due to his failed 2nd marriage and mostly went back to work for the government because he was trying to start over.]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: With ComicBook/PowerGirl in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Europe]]''.

** And then played appallingly straight in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Formerly Known as the Justice League]]'' (where he was almost killed by [[{{ComicBook/Shazam}} Mary Marvel]]. She was being {{Mind Control}}led at the time) and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.

Eve Eden is the daughter of a senator and an extra-dimensional queen who inherited the ability to manipulate shadows and slip through the shadows to other realms from her mother. Her mother was the deposed queen of the Land of the Nightshades who had been forced from her lands in a coup which resulted in the deaths of the rest of the royal family. Eve has worked with many teams and organizations as she strives to use her powers for good, having moved to Washington DC to become a legitimate hero and offer her services as a government agent. Among the many groups she's been part of are the Central Bureau of Intelligence, [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad Task Force X]], Living Assault Weapons (L.A.W.), [=InterC.E.P.T.=], and Comicbook/{{Shadowpact}}.

* ''Comicbook/{{Shadowpact}}'' (2006 -- 2008)

* ''Comicbook/{{Convergence}}'' (2015)

* FormFittingWardrobe: After decades of cute black outfits of pants or shorts paired with a matching loose short sleeved dress or t-shirt with metallic trimmings or a fully covering SpyCatsuit for a bit in the nineties, her Comicbook/New52 outfit is both generic and apparently made out of bodypaint trying and failing to emulate a strapless corset top. Her previous outfits were drawn fitting like they'd been molded to her breasts on occasion as well.

* SensualSpandex: In the Comicbook/New52 the lowcut top of her tight outfit has no straps and the upper back is out.

* EnergyBeing: His form now that he lacks almost all flesh and bone.

* CaptainSuperhero: A special forces officer and superhero in one.

* BackFromTheDead: He has done this several times due to the fact that he cannot truly die, being an Energy Being and all.

* FlatCharacter: He's always been weak in both the personality and motivation department, but it became particularly noticable in the 2000s, where every political story involved him (Battle for Bludhaven and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies being notable examples of this), to the point where most readers grew to dislike the character due to his repetitive role in the stories.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Her father is a U.S. senator, while her mother came from the Land of the Nightshades.

* TheEvilPrince: Not Eve, but her brother Larry takes the revelation of his bloodline and subsequent kidnapping and being raised by the demoness who deposed his family in the first place poorly, though [[spoiler:he's also been possessed by her and ends up dead so he's left as a helpless victim just as Eve suspected]].

* LegFocus[=/=]ShesGotLegs: In any of her dresses, even once she switched out the pleated mini-dress for a looser ensemble over shorts she was still showing off her long shapely legs.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Her father is a U.S. senator while the mother came from the Land of the Nightshades.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Her father is human while her mother is from the Land of Nightshades.
* {{Intangibility}}: When she transforms herself into living shadow she can walk through walls.

* LegFocus: In any of her dresses, even once she switched out the pleated mini-dress for a looser ensemble over shorts she was still showing off her long shapely legs.

** He's also this to Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. He was responsible for Kyle's first major tragedy as a superhero, and served as the final villain of the 1990s ''Green Lantern'' run for Kyle before ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' revived Hal Jordan to be the main Green Lantern again. The enmity is one-sided, though; whereas Kyle hates him with a passion, Major Force only ever really saw him as a job (his employers tasked him with taking Kyle's GreenLanternRing), albeit one he ''really'' enjoyed.

* HornyDevils: Incubus and Succubus were behind the coup that ousted the royal family, murdered her mother Queen Reah/Magda and kidnapped her brother. Then they tried possessing Eve and Larry to make the two of them conceive a new vessel for their lord, which Eve strongly objected too and which worked out poorly for the demons.

* DynamicAkimbo: She's fond of posing with a grin on her face and her hands on her hips.

* ShesGotLegs: In any of her dresses, even once she switched out the pleated mini-dress for a looser ensemble over shorts she was still showing off her long shapely legs.

According to WordOfGod, Eiling has also had one other effect on popular culture (especially on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki) beyond himself: he was the prototype for creator Creator/GregWeisman's later character [[Characters/GargoylesAntagonists David]] [[XanatosGambit Xanatos]] (Weismann details this in an online question forum [[https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=6 here]]).

* TwoFirstNames: In Nathaniel's case, it's actually Three First Names, as his full name is Nathaniel Christopher Adam; also his alias, Cameron Scott, bringing the total to ''[[UpToEleven Five]]'' First Names.

* MyCountryRightOrWrong: During the first arc in ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'', Nathaniel is willing to work for Lex Luthor because Luthor is President of the United States. [[spoiler:This is excused as being because he was depressed and lost due to his failed 2nd marriage and mostly went back to work for the government because he was trying to start over.]]

* {{Radiation Immune Mutant|s}}: Or in his case, Radiation Immune EnergyBeing.

* AtomicSuperpower: Captain Atom's powers tied into the Quantum Field, allowing him to control tremendous amounts of energy.

* PantyShot: Was regularly subjected to them in her short pleated dress.

* RapunzelHair: In the late '80s her hair became incredibly long, then in the early 2000s she went with BoyishShortHair instead.

%%* IntangibleMan: He is only shown using this power once or twice.%%

* GalacticConqueror: After to persuade the captured warriors to his cause, Kylstar decides to conquer the universe first as a warm-up.

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* DangerouslyShortSkirt: In Shadowpact, Ragman [[AccidentalPervert accidentally]] gets a peak under her skirt twice.