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Full of vastly powerful characters , theDC Universecontains a salmagundi of zep that stand as gods among men ; although , even gods can have bad luck . Such is thecase ofCaptain Atom , a superhero with so much speciality he ’s too knock-down to be leave active .
Nathanial Adam was an air force officer and vet of the Vietnam War who engaged in the military examination of an exotic vessel . When the alien material exploded and fused with Adam ’s body , he became the energy - manipulating superhero known as Captain Atom . Captain Atom had a history work for the US - controlled fighter after being blackmailed by the United States government . Adam has also had a history serving as a member of the Justice League and the leader of the Justice League Europe . Most recently , Captain Atom has been date using his vim powers toprovide solar radioactivity for Nightlight , a human fastness amid a vampire outbreak , in the alternate world ofDC vs. Vampires . Tragically , this function does n’t last long .
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The latest of Captain Atom ’s deaths came in Alex Paknadel , Matthew Rosenberg and Pasquale Qualano’sDC vs. Vampires : All - Out War # 1 . The first issue of the miniseries , a tie - in to the mainDC vs. Vampiresevent , sees the newly - vampiric superhero Damage use his explosive powers to kill Nathaniel , triggering a nuclear blast . Sadly for Adam , this outcome is far from rare , as this is one of severalElseworldsseries in which the character meets this atomic fate .
Captain Atom has a poor data track record when it comes to dystopian alternating realities , as he has now died in a nuclear plosion in the world ofDC vs. Vampires , the zombie - riddenDCeaseduniverse , the fascist world ofInjusticeand nearly destruct the Earth inMark Waid and Alex Ross’Kingdom Come . This groundhog day of expiry makes sense for a act of secret plan - related grounds . Seeing as Captain Atom is such a heavy batter , kill him as part of an alternate - reality consequence found the villain ’s threat without any hold out repercussions to DC ’s master continuity . This mass extinction of Nathaniel Adam also allows the narration to remove an unbelievably powerful instrumentalist from the display panel , allowingcharacters such as Supermanand Wonder Woman to seem even more powerful in comparison to who ’s left .
Perhaps more than anything , the nuclear explosion released by Atom ’s death often marks a point of no comeback for the upshot in motion . With these blasts decimate everything and everyone in their path , the audience gets the good sense that the alternate realism have scotch a doorway into truly dystopian depth . Any way you slice it , one affair has become increasingly clear withDC’smany apocalypticElseworlds : Captain Atomis only too much of a scourge to be exit alive to the bitter end .
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DC vs. Vampires : All - Out War # 1is available from DC Comics now .
