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

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* MyCountryRightOrWrong: During ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'', ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies2004'', Nathaniel is willing to work for Lex Luthor because Luthor is President of the United States. This is explained as Atom being depressed and lost due to his failed second marriage and mostly went back to work for the government because he was trying to start over.
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' has him captured by the Atlanteants, and hooked up to a generator / bomb, with the intention to use him to destroy Themiscara as a literal bomb.

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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' has him captured by the Atlanteants, and hooked up to a generator / bomb, with the intention to use him to destroy Themiscara Themyscira as a literal bomb.
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* ArchEnemy: [[TheChessmaster Wade Eiling]] and, in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Europe]]'', the Queen Bee. Also, the Ghost.

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* ArchEnemy: [[TheChessmaster Wade Eiling]] and, in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Europe]]'', the Queen Bee. Also, the Ghost.



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

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



** But played appallingly straight in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Formerly Known as the Justice League]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.

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** But played appallingly straight in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Formerly Known as the Justice League]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: He eventually married reformed terrorist Plastique, AKA: Bette Sans Souci (see above). His first wife, Angela, was also a redhead. He also had a thing with Maxima in one issue of ''Justice League Quarterly'', but it never went anywhere.
** Partially averted, however, since three of his other potential love interests were not redheads: Catherine Cobert and Nightshade had black hair, and Sally has brown hair going grey. On the other hand, he didn't end up with any of them.

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* PowerCreepPowerSeep: His power level is all over the place DependingOnTheWriter, going from being so weak that Parasite could split him open in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''[[note]]Then again, based on how Parasite's powers work, Captain Atom split open Captain Atom[[/note]] to being at Dr. Manhattan levels during ''Generation Lost''.

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* PowerCreepPowerSeep: His power level is all over the place DependingOnTheWriter, going from being so weak that Parasite could split him open in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''[[note]]Then again, based on how Parasite's powers work, with enough physical contact and draining of energy, Parasite would be as strong as Captain Atom while the latter grew weak enough that he could be split open Captain Atom[[/note]] open[[/note]] to being at Dr. Manhattan levels during ''Generation Lost''. Certain stories even give him new, seldom used powers like ''Captain Atom: Armaggedon'', where Mister Miracle taught him how to interface with computer systems and hack them using only his energy powers and proximity to a terminal.



* TheProfessor: Dr. Megala

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* TheProfessor: Dr. MegalaMegala.


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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' has him captured by the Atlanteants, and hooked up to a generator / bomb, with the intention to use him to destroy Themiscara as a literal bomb.


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** Also played straight in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' where he is beaten and captured offscreen by the Atlanteans, and to add insult to injury, captured and used as a bomb component.
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* BattleCouple: He had a little bit of this going on with ComicBook/{{Nightshade}} (AKA: Eve Eden).

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* BattleCouple: He had a little bit of this going on with ComicBook/{{Nightshade}} Nightshade (AKA: Eve Eden).
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Then ExecutiveMeddling intervened. Captain Atom was intended to become Monarch, villain of CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}}''; as a result the ongoing was canceled in September, 1991, after a five year run. News of Monarch's secret identity leaked out, and in order to ensure that it remained a secret, C-list hero [[Comicbook/HawkAndDove Hawk]] was chosen to become the villain instead. Atom was seemingly killed in the battle (since he was also set to be written out of ''JLI'') but actually both he and Monarch were sent back in time in a miniseries called ''Armageddon: The Alien Agenda''. Upon returning to the present, he led the Justice League spin-off ''Extreme Justice'' and later joined an all-Charlton team called ''L.A.W.'' None of his post-Monarch appearances really caught on, however.

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Then ExecutiveMeddling intervened. Captain Atom was intended to become Monarch, villain of CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}}''; as a result the ongoing was canceled in September, 1991, after a five year run. News of Monarch's secret identity leaked out, and in order to ensure that it remained a secret, C-list hero [[Comicbook/HawkAndDove Hawk]] ComicBook/{{Hawk|AndDove}} was chosen to become the villain instead. Atom was seemingly killed in the battle (since he was also set to be written out of ''JLI'') but actually both he and Monarch were sent back in time in a miniseries called ''Armageddon: The Alien Agenda''. Upon returning to the present, he led the Justice League spin-off ''Extreme Justice'' and later joined an all-Charlton team called ''L.A.W.'' None of his post-Monarch appearances really caught on, however.



Captain Atom resurfaced in a backup feature in ''Action Comics'', making a HeelFaceTurn back to heroism, and slowly regaining his true identity and memories. He then went on to appear alongside his former JLI colleagues in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'', as they attempted to track down a resurrected Max Lord. He also showed up in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' as a background member of the Justice League in the first season, becoming its leader in the second season while most of the team is in space.

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Captain Atom resurfaced in a backup feature in ''Action Comics'', making a HeelFaceTurn back to heroism, and slowly regaining his true identity and memories. He then went on to appear alongside his former JLI colleagues in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'', as they attempted to track down a resurrected Max Lord. He also showed up in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' as a background member of the Justice League in the first season, becoming its leader in the second season while most of the team is in space.



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* RetGone: This version of Allen Adam (Earth-Four), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the first ''Crisis''.[[note]]Though this version was briefly referenced in ''History of the DC Universe'' #2, where Nathaniel Adam emerged during the "New Heroic Age" before the Crisis, and wore the second Pre-Crisis costume. Also, during the brief period after the Crisis but before ''Man of Steel'' and the other major reboots, Allen Adam made a single appearance in ''DC Comics Presents'' alongside Superman and [[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics Firestorm]] allowing the two nuclear-powered heroes to meet.[[/note]]

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* RetGone: This version of Allen Adam (Earth-Four), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the first ''Crisis''.[[note]]Though this version was briefly referenced in ''History of the DC Universe'' #2, where Nathaniel Adam emerged during the "New Heroic Age" before the Crisis, and wore the second Pre-Crisis costume. Also, during the brief period after the Crisis but before ''Man of Steel'' and the other major reboots, Allen Adam made a single appearance in ''DC Comics Presents'' alongside Superman and [[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics Firestorm]] ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}} allowing the two nuclear-powered heroes to meet.[[/note]]



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* DeconstructorFleet: The Bates/Weisman ongoing deconstructed or subverted a host of classic superhero tropes, including [[SecretIdentity secret identities]], [[SuperHeroOrigin origin stories]], and [[RetCon retconning]].

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* DeconstructorFleet: The Bates/Weisman ongoing deconstructed or subverted a host of classic superhero tropes, including [[SecretIdentity secret identities]], [[SuperHeroOrigin origin stories]], and [[RetCon retconning]].{{retcon}}ning.



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* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''Generation Lost'', thanks to a series of [[MemoryGambit Memory Gambits]] on the part of Maxwell Lord. He later snares Atom in a FrameUp, casting him as a murderer who killed the superhero Magog in cold blood.

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''Generation Lost'', thanks to a series of [[MemoryGambit Memory Gambits]] {{Memory Gambit}}s on the part of Maxwell Lord. He later snares Atom in a FrameUp, casting him as a murderer who killed the superhero Magog in cold blood.

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