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Captain Atom is one of those characters who was once very prominent in the DC Universe, but has largely been ignored by DC's current creative direction, which is a pity since his basic plot was pretty solid and would still work today with minimal alteration. As a character he's kind of similar to Marvel Movie Winter Soldier version Captain America but with greater super powers.

Decent, flawed but good hearted, at his core he wanted to be patriotic and wanted to do the right thing, but the lines were blurred and left him conflicted. Being repeatedly manipulated by individuals within the government, Nathaniel struggled to break their hold over him, caused in part by having at various points willingly perpetuated their lies and misinformation about his origins and his role as a government agent.

After revealing the truth - that he had been part of a government designed lie to gain the trust of the American people and his superhuman friends - , he would work tirelessly to regain that trust and live up to the examples set by his fellow meta-humans.

DC version Created by writer Cary Bates and artist Pat Broderick ( writer Greg Weisman also deserves some credit as the series progressed )

Description
Captain Atom is one of those characters who was once very prominent in the DC Universe, but has largely been ignored by DC's current creative direction, which is a pity since his basic plot was pretty solid and would still work today with minimal alteration. As a character he's kind of similar to Marvel Movie Winter Soldier version Captain America but with greater super powers.

Decent, flawed but good hearted, at his core he wanted to be patriotic and wanted to do the right thing, but the lines were blurred and left him conflicted. Being repeatedly manipulated by individuals within the government, Nathaniel struggled to break their hold over him, caused in part by having at various points willingly perpetuated their lies and misinformation about his origins and his role as a government agent.

After revealing the truth - that he had been part of a government designed lie to gain the trust of the American people and his superhuman friends - , he would work tirelessly to regain that trust and live up to the examples set by his fellow meta-humans.

DC version Created by writer Cary Bates and artist Pat Broderick ( writer Greg Weisman also deserves some credit as the series progressed )