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MirrorKhaos [2018-01-01 15:20:00 +0000 UTC]
Fun mash up.
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Crisis-Comics [2017-12-31 23:07:32 +0000 UTC]
Goddamn... who'd you turn into Major Force?
Though funny enough, I already did Monarch .
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PolManning In reply to Crisis-Comics [2017-12-31 23:10:56 +0000 UTC]
I didn't think too far ahead on that. More of a draw now, ask questions later type deal.
And I saw that. I liked how you went outside the box with your entries. I saw Monarch and was a bit surprised, especially since I was thinking Captain Atom.
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Crisis-Comics In reply to PolManning [2018-01-02 18:14:26 +0000 UTC]
Well, ours are two very different versions of Monarch (especially since I was focused on Armageddon 2001 for the source material), so I think they can coexist.
Hell, maybe your version is the one that recruited from an alternate universe to fight the Monitors (far left): comicvine.gamespot.com/images/…
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PolManning In reply to Crisis-Comics [2018-01-02 23:31:41 +0000 UTC]
I had a few ideas for my version of Monarch, not totally sure. But I promise that if I settle on a backstory and you guess it, I won't change my mind at the last minute and make him future Hawk.
But hey, could be the Monarch from Countdown. I can see evil Captain Atom taking time to mess with an alternate version of himself.
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Dangerguy01 [2017-12-31 23:02:58 +0000 UTC]
She has a nice healthy glow to her.
Fun and sexy alternative version of one of DC's under-used characters.
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PolManning In reply to Dangerguy01 [2017-12-31 23:06:21 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. Atomic heroes need a bit of a shine to them.
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SvettaK92 [2017-12-31 23:02:32 +0000 UTC]
Huh... Don't really know Cap Atom too well, but is his story really THAT...uh...Doctor Manhattanish?
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adamantis In reply to SvettaK92 [2018-01-02 14:07:50 +0000 UTC]
It is fairly superficial. After DC prevented the Charlton comic characters being used in Watchmen, they integrated them into the then rebooted DCU of the 1980's, Captain Atom received the most radical overhaul, with his powers changed ( being derived from the quantum field after being bonded to the alien Dilustel 'metal' ) origin altered ( now an Airforce Captain with military experience rather than a scientist ) and a striking costume redesign.
As a character Cap shares more with Superman than Dr Manhattan, his personality defined by his humanity and flaws in spite of his vast power. Back in the New 52 reboot of 2011 DC tried to make him more like Dr Manhattan but it just didn't work.
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PolManning In reply to adamantis [2018-01-02 15:05:21 +0000 UTC]
Did you read the Fall and Rise of Captain Atom that came out recently? I enjoyed that quite a bit. Makes me wish he had an ongoing series.
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adamantis In reply to PolManning [2018-01-02 17:24:17 +0000 UTC]
I did read it, it was a welcome effort by the original writers of the DC version to restore his personality and quantum field powerset, but i felt they respected the New 52 version more than i would have liked and i felt it a pity that Cap no longer has a daughter to balance the resentful son.
Still they have provided a character who is now more usable in guest appearances which is good and set up things for other writers to work with. I'm also hoping for a ongoing or mini series where the red metal skin design will shift back to his classic and more heroic silver red and blue colours.
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PolManning In reply to adamantis [2018-01-02 23:38:38 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I do miss the dynamic between Adam, his two different children, and Eiling. But I think they could have that come back in a way. I can see Eiling trying to act like a second father to Adam's son just to try and better control his own Captain Atom Jr.
I kinda like the red. I don't think it beats the blue and red, but I'm definitely okay with it. I'm hoping that if he doesn't get another series, they could at least put him in a Justice League book.
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PolManning In reply to SvettaK92 [2017-12-31 23:05:34 +0000 UTC]
Actually, Doctor Manhattan is very Captain Atom. All of the Watchmen characters are based on Charlton Comics characters that DC bought. Manhattan is Captain Atom, Rorschach is the Question, Nite Owl is the Blue Beetle, and so on. Alan Moore's story was supposed to feature them, but it got too dark for DC to let it happen, so he created equivalents.
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