History YMMV / CaptainAtom

* NarmCharm: The yellow suit. It has a certain WesternAnimation/MightyMouse charm to it.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In his ''Armageddon'' miniseries, his government stooge persona under President ComicBook/LexLuthor was later attributed to the fact that he was still depressed by his failed marriage to Plastique/Bette Sans Souci, so he went back to government work as a way to deal with the pain.

* MemeticLoser: Gets hit with this due to his tendency to show up in events just to {{MadeOfExplodium explode}}. For instance, it’s about the only thing he does in ComicBook/KingdomCome.

* CompleteMonster: Major Force. See [[Monster/DCUniverse here]] for elaboration.

** Bear in mind also that in the Bates and Weisman series, he was written as a former special operations officer, and was portrayed realistically as such. For those who don't know, it has often been said that if they weren't the most badass soldiers in the world, they would be hippies. Indeed, Cap more or less did become a hippy once he left the service during the Bates-Weisman run. The more hawkish government stooge portrayal came quite a bit later from writers who were obviously unfamiliar with the character or just didn't care.
* AuthorsSavingThrow: In his ''Armageddon'' miniseries his government stooge persona under President ComicBook/LexLuthor was later attributed to the fact that he was still depressed by his failed marriage to Plastique/Bette Sans Souci, so he went back to government work as a way to deal with the pain.

* {{Narm}}: The third costume worn by the original Charlton Comics Captain Atom, a strange red/blue combo that replaced his yellow WesternAnimation/MightyMouse-esque costume. Even by Silver Age standards the third suit was just plain goofy looking.

* MagnificentBastard: General Wade Eiling. Since the series was written by Creator/CaryBates and Creator/GregWeisman, the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' and [[XanatosPlannedThisIndex David Xanatos]], that is not surprising.

* CompleteMonster: Major Force. See [[Monster/DCComics here]] for elaboration.

* CompleteMonster: Major Force is an EvilCounterpart of Comicbook/CaptainAtom. The guy is responsible for one of the most infamous StuffedIntoTheFridge incidents in comics (the {{Trope Namer|s}}, in fact). He murdered Kyle Rayner's girlfriend and stuffed her body in a refrigerator for Kyle to find. His idea of a joke? Pretending to do the same thing with Kyle's mother by putting what looked like her severed head in an oven. He's the worst possible person to choose for a military experiment that turns humans into powerful immortal EnergyBeings. He is so crazy, he RIPS OFF Major Victory's (his ally and fellow government cape) arm and beats him to death with it because, to quote: ''"We don't need two majors on this team!"''

** Bear in mind also that in the Bates and Weisman series, he was written as a former special operations officer, and was portrayed realistically as such. For those who don't know, it has often been said that if they weren't the most badass soldiers in the world, they would be hippies. Indeed, Cap more or less did become a hippy once he left the service during the Bates-Weisman run. The more hawkish government stooge portrayal came quite a bit later from writers who were obviously unfamiliar with the character or [[TheyJustDidntCare just didn't care]].

* {{Narm}}: The third costume worn by the original Charlton Comics Captain Atom, a strange red/blue combo that replaced his yellow MightyMouse-esque costume. Even by Silver Age standards the third suit was just plain goofy looking.
* NarmCharm: The yellow suit. It has a certain MightyMouse charm to it.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In his ''Armageddon'' miniseries his government stooge persona under President LexLuthor was later attributed to the fact that he was still depressed by his failed marriage to Plastique/Bette Sans Souci, so he went back to government work as a way to deal with the pain.

* {{Narm}}: The third costume worn by the original Charlton Comics Captain Atom, a strange red/blue combo that replaced his yellow MightyMouse-esque costume. Even by Silver Age standards the third suit was just plain goofy looking.

* CompleteMonster: Major Force is an EvilCounterpart of Comicbook/CaptainAtom. The guy is responsible for one of the most infamous StuffedIntoTheFridge incidents in comics (the {{Trope Namer|s}}, in fact). He murdered Kyle Rayner's girlfriend and stuffed her body in a refrigerator for Kyle to find. His idea of a joke? Pretending to do the same thing with Kyle's mother by putting what looked like her severed head in an oven. He's the worst possible person to choose for a military experiment that turns humans into powerful immortal EnergyBeings. He is so crazy, he RIPS OFF Major Liberty's (his ally and fellow government cape) arm and beats him to death with it because, to quote: ''"We don't need two majors on this team!"''

* MagnificentBastard: General Wade Eiling. Since the series was written by Creator/CaryBates and Creator/GregWeisman, the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' and [[XanatosPlannedThisIndex David Xanatos]], that is not surprising.

* Author'sSavingThrow: In his ''Armageddon'' miniseries his government stooge persona under President LexLuthor was later attributed to the fact that he was still depressed by his failed marriage to Plastique/Bette Sans Souci, so he went back to government work as a way to deal with the pain.

* AuthorSavingThrow: In his ''Armageddon'' miniseries his government stooge persona under President LexLuthor was later attributed to the fact that he was still depressed by his failed marriage to Plastique/Bette Sans Souci, so he went back to government work as a way to deal with the pain.

* CompleteMonster: Major Force is the EvilCounterpart of Comicbook/CaptainAtom. The guy is responsible for one of the most infamous StuffedIntoTheFridge incidents in comics (the {{Trope Namer|s}}, in fact). He murdered Kyle Rayner's girlfriend and stuffed her body in a refrigerator for Kyle to find. His idea of a joke? Pretending to do the same thing with Kyle's mother by putting what looked like her severed head in an oven. He's the worst possible person to choose for a military experiment that turns humans into powerful immortal EnergyBeings. He is so crazy, he RIPS OFF Major Liberty's (his ally and fellow government cape) arm and beats him to death with it because, to quote: ''"We don't need two majors on this team!"''

* MagnificentBastard: General Wade Eiling. Since the series was written by CaryBates and GregWeisman, the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' and [[XanatosPlannedThisIndex David Xanatos]], that is not surprising.

* CompleteMonster: Major Force is the EvilCounterpart of Comicbook/CaptainAtom. The guy is responsible for one of the most infamous StuffedIntoTheFridge incidents in comics (the {{Trope Namer|s}}, in fact). He murdered Kyle Rayner's girlfriend and stuffed her body in a refrigerator for Kyle to find. His idea of a joke? Pretending to do the same thing with Kyle's mother by putting what looked like her severed head in an oven. He's the worst possible person to choose for a military experiment that turns humans into powerful immortal EnergyBeings. He is so crazy, he RIPS OFF Major Liberty's (his ally and fellow government cape) arm and beats him to death with it because, to quote: ''"We don't need two majors on this team!"'' Then again, the guy who nominated him for the experiment, General Wade Eiling, was a pretty big bastard too, though a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent one]].

* MagnificentBastard: General Wade Eiling. Since the series was written by CaryBates and GregWeisman, the creators of {{Gargoyles}} and [[XanatosPlannedThisIndex David Xanatos]], that is not surprising.