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A Pre-New 52 Karen/Kara Starr and Nathaniel Adam have a reminisce about some of their apparently erratic vulnerabilities. I still miss these two characters working together, it didn't happen often enough.

It is very much at the whim of the writer when it comes to what can and can't hurt them, and what happens if they are actually injured. In some versions of Captain Atom, a huge explosion/possible death can result if his body is pierced or cut, while other, much more story friendly versions were far less dramatic with him being pretty much incapacitated by the sheer pain of his near indestructible skin being damaged until he could be patched up, with a much more minor explosive potential from the quantum energy/radiation released.

Powergirls incredibly brief vulnerability to 'natural' materials was an oddity, occurring in the mid to late 1990's when writers couldn't think of what to do with her ( like giving her an action led adventure series with a touch of humour ). I don't know if it was the writer or his higher ups that thought that making her vulnerable to stones and sharp sticks was a good idea, but thankfully it didn't last long.

Still it all makes things interesting for the characters, if a bit bizarre.

Description
A Pre-New 52 Karen/Kara Starr and Nathaniel Adam have a reminisce about some of their apparently erratic vulnerabilities. I still miss these two characters working together, it didn't happen often enough.

It is very much at the whim of the writer when it comes to what can and can't hurt them, and what happens if they are actually injured. In some versions of Captain Atom, a huge explosion/possible death can result if his body is pierced or cut, while other, much more story friendly versions were far less dramatic with him being pretty much incapacitated by the sheer pain of his near indestructible skin being damaged until he could be patched up, with a much more minor explosive potential from the quantum energy/radiation released.

Powergirls incredibly brief vulnerability to 'natural' materials was an oddity, occurring in the mid to late 1990's when writers couldn't think of what to do with her ( like giving her an action led adventure series with a touch of humour ). I don't know if it was the writer or his higher ups that thought that making her vulnerable to stones and sharp sticks was a good idea, but thankfully it didn't last long.

Still it all makes things interesting for the characters, if a bit bizarre.