What Comic did Captain Atom die in?

[TCJohnson]

I am just curious what comic and issue did Captain Atom die in? And who wrote it?

[vantheman77]

Superman/ Batman #6 written by Jeph Loeb.

[barbgrayson]

there are other deaths of the Capt. as well, like that in Kingdom Come as well as that of his apparent death in Armageddon: Alien Agenda

[Typo Lad]

He "dies" all the time. No big thing.

[Expletive Deleted]

It's sort of his shtick, at this point.

[Lex]

He's not dead until they show us a body (and even then it's debatable). My guess is that the explosion of that ship smashing into the kryptonite meteor sent him into the future. He'll appear again sometime soon.

[Forsaken_One]

It was revealed in Green Lantern that Major Force can't die. Ever. Like even when his body goes kaboom he still pops up. So I doubt Atom can die either.

Besides, it's a comic book. Not even Uncle Ben's really safe from the ressurection machine.

[Clear]

He's clearly not dead. When he takes in too much energy he just does a quantum jump forward in time. Read his old book. It's actually pretty good.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Besides that, he showed up at the funeral scene in IDENTITY CRISIS. No explanation was given, but there he was, and IC clearly happened after the first SUPER/BAT arc.

Ah, modern DC continuity.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

I think a more appropriate question would be "What comic has Captain Atom *not* died in?"

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Besides, he appeared in the next issue, talking to KC Superman.

[BigKenW]

I have a feeling he will show up down the line after Countdown. If you read Green Lantern you would see what a jacked up end was given to Major Force. If you thought Parallax could be mean, look at how Kyle took care of MF. He gave him a fate worse than death.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

I have a feeling he will show up down the line after Countdown. If you read Green Lantern you would see what a jacked up end was given to Major Force. If you thought Parallax could be mean, look at how Kyle took care of MF. He gave him a fate worse than death.

Details please?

[TomGun13]

He "dies" all the time. No big thing.

yeah he used to drum with Spinal Tap as well.

[JeffreyWKramer]

I think a more appropriate question would be "What comic has Captain Atom *not* died in?"

Ironically, the issue of his own comic in which he met Death of the Endless - or some bogus impostor of same, as seems more likely. Maybe it was Loki or something.

[Forsaken_One]

Ironically, the issue of his own comic in which he met Death of the Endless - or some bogus impostor of same, as seems more likely. Maybe it was Loki or something.
Wasn't that what pissed of Gaiman?

[Khrage]

Details please?


Kyle basically removed MF's head, encased it in a force bubble, and lanched it through space, leaving his body on an asteroid. It didn't kill MF, but man, I hope his nose wasn't itching.

[Dave Cote]

Thats because Kyle is practicing for the day he becomes the Spectre!!LOL :D

[Forsaken_One]

Well to be fair... how else are you supposed to stop an immortal psychopath with a hard on for killing your loved ones?

Plus Kyle had been having a really bad couple of days. ;)

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Kyle basically removed MF's head, encased it in a force bubble, and lanched it through space, leaving his body on an asteroid. It didn't kill MF, but man, I hope his nose wasn't itching.

Cool. I wonder how will the guys at DC make this guy come back.

Thanks for the info.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Wasn't that what pissed of Gaiman?

Yes, in a major way, and resulted in a policy that appearances by the Endless must be okayed by Neil. The way Cary Bates portrayed Death in that issue was extremely contrary to the character's nature as written/conceived by Gaiman.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Cool. I wonder how will the guys at DC make this guy come back.

Someone finds and frees the head. MF creates a "dark matter" body for himself, as he has been doing with his destroyed hand for ages.

Personally, I wish Kyle had tossed the head into a black hole or something. Major Force deserves as final a death as can be given a comics character. The guy is essentially a super-powered serial rape-murderer, and by rights, every time he shows up, most heroes in the DCU should be out to put him down.

Of course, given some of DC's recent policies, this probably means he'll be showing up even more often.

[west3man]

Besides that, he showed up at the funeral scene in IDENTITY CRISIS. No explanation was given, but there he was, and IC clearly happened after the first SUPER/BAT arc.

Ah, modern DC continuity.
That's how I feel about the fact that Major Force will go BOOM if his armor's pierced in one issue, but Kyle can cut his head off in another... and no BOOM.

I've got other issues with MF (never was there a more appropriate set o' initials), but I'm a lil too Benadryl'ed to articulate'em.

[Forsaken_One]

Kyle actually commented in a thought box that he sealed up both ends so it wouldn't go boom.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Someone finds and frees the head. MF creates a "dark matter" body for himself, as he has been doing with his destroyed hand for ages.

Personally, I wish Kyle had tossed the head into a black hole or something. Major Force deserves as final a death as can be given a comics character. The guy is essentially a super-powered serial rape-murderer, and by rights, every time he shows up, most heroes in the DCU should be out to put him down.

Of course, given some of DC's recent policies, this probably means he'll be showing up even more often.

I see. Didn't he show up in a Superman issue?

[BigKenW]

Someone finds and frees the head. MF creates a "dark matter" body for himself, as he has been doing with his destroyed hand for ages.

Personally, I wish Kyle had tossed the head into a black hole or something. Major Force deserves as final a death as can be given a comics character. The guy is essentially a super-powered serial rape-murderer, and by rights, every time he shows up, most heroes in the DCU should be out to put him down.

Of course, given some of DC's recent policies, this probably means he'll be showing up even more often.

Yeah, I have a feeling that Major Force will be back sometime. I love how, when needed Kyle can get as dark as he does. When Hal isn't possessed by a "Fear Alien" he doesn't even do that. Its kinda like mixing Guy and Hal, then adding a little attitude. It rocks!!!

What will be great is if Kyle AND Guy have to face MF in the future. I think it would probably be the last time we see MF.

[barbgrayson]

correct me if i'm wrong but i think the idea there is that his persona Nathaniel Adams is technically dead as a human being and he's basically just a living element of quantum energy thus making it always appear that when his physical manifestation is damaged it would always appear that he apparently 'dies'

[Paradox]

JeffreyWKramer thinks what I think, just for different reasons:

Personally, I wish Kyle had tossed the head into a black hole or something. Major Force deserves as final a death as can be given a comics character. The guy is essentially a super-powered serial rape-murderer, and by rights, every time he shows up, most heroes in the DCU should be out to put him down.

Aye, but not because of that, just because he's a big freakin' bore. Either do away with him or forget him. He's a one-note stereotype of little to no usefullness.

[boolean]

Y'know what I'd have liked to see?

The next issue, where Kyle finds out that Major Force lied to him, and that that _isn't_ a mannequin in his oven.

Seems like the kind of thing MF would do.

[Lex]

Aye, but not because of that, just because he's a big freakin' bore. Either do away with him or forget him. He's a one-note stereotype of little to no usefullness.

I totally agree with you. He's so uninteresting as a villain. And what's his motivation? He's a jerk? Pfft. I hope that writers forget about him for awhile. Maybe, after several years, someone can come along and find something interesting to do with him.

[joeboro1]

Has anyone picked up atomika. im not sure but i think its a russian version of captain atom.

[Forsaken_One]

No, Atomika is a god created by the USSR in a world that's a strange mix of magic and science, thus allowing Russia to far outstrip every other nation. In that regard it's much like Red Star, which I think was better done. But then Atmoika is just getting started so it could get much better.

[marshal99]

Major Force is a real powerhouse and like Captain Atom , is a walking nuclear bomb. He can provide a powerful foil against quite a number of superheroes like Kyle , Hal or Guy or Firestorm etc. He has taken on superman best punches and not been affected , and had knocked superman across 3 states and KO him and with his powers , he is one tough customer.

[Forsaken_One]

Also Atomika isn't published by DC. In any form.

And marshal99: the issue isn't his power levels. Of course he's poweful. Every single villian in the DCU is powerful. The issue the others are bringing up is that he's dull; he's a superpowered psychopath, and not even an semi-interesting psychopath like the Joker. The stories that he's in are dull and he hasn't been used to good effect in them, he's just been "that evil powerful guy."