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Appearing in "No Exit"

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  • The Authority (Alternate 838) (Cameo)
    • The Engineer (Alternate 838)
    • Jackie Hawksmoor (Alternate 838)

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Synopsis for "No Exit"

Having been teleported to the Moon by the Shift-Door, Captain Atom is greeted by The Engineer of The Authority. She then takes Atom through a Door to the Carrier. There, Atom is introduced to some members of her team, and he explains his situation to the Engineer including the threat he unwillingly poses to the universe. The two are then approached by Jack Hawksmoor who says they can take Captain Atom back to his home reality through the Carrier's Doors.

The three travel into different realities, but none of them are Captain Atom's universe. Hawksmoor has another idea and takes them to a world where Nazi Germany won World War II. The Engineer and Hawksmoor brutally attack the Nazi soldiers as Captain Atom watches in shock. Atom is then attacked by an electrical-powered Nazi metahuman, but he is saved by Hawksmoor who commands a large statue to fall on the villain. After the Engineer kills scores of Nazi soldiers, Jack Hawksmoor teleports somewhere as the Engineer and Captain Atom wait. Hawksmoor soon reappears with this world's Adolf Hitler for Captain Atom to kill in order for him to "cheer up". However, Captain Atom refuses to kill the defenseless Hitler, but Hawksmoor then kills the dictator anyway by snapping his neck. Atom, Hawksmoor, and the Engineer then head to their intended destination: a laboratory containing a Shift-Door that the Nazis built. It operates on a different frequency than the Doors on the Carrier and so can access different alternate Earths than the Doors can. After traveling through many realities, they still cannot find Atom's universe and decide to return to the Carrier.

Meanwhile, Grifter and the Wildcats have examined Nikola Hanssen and learned she possesses the powers of Void. They are then discovered by Majestic who demands to know what they have done with Captain Atom. They admit that they fought Atom but failed to kill him. Majestic is relieved to hear this and informs them that killing Atom (who also possesses a portion of Void's essence) would destroy the universe. Grifter is bewildered and skeptical. Majestic insists that he correctly ran the figures a thousand times before; however, he also discovered that there is an "infinitesimal discrepancy" in the figures that offers a slight glimmer of hope to preventing the upcoming cataclysm. He believes that discrepancy to be Nikola herself.

Back on the Carrier, Captain Atom thanks the Authority for helping him and decides to find a place on Earth to clear his mind. Hawksmoor knows a place where Atom can think by himself. Atom bids goodbye to The Authority as he walks through a Door to a secluded mountaintop. After he leaves, the Authority decides that they must keep an eye on him and find a way to prevent the destruction of their universe by either curing him or killing him.

On Earth, Atom thinks over his failure to return to his own universe and the grim realization that going to any other alternate universe is not an option. He is again approached by the Engineer who says that he needs "a friend."

Notes

  • This issue is reprinted in the Captain Atom: Armageddon trade paperback published in 2007.

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