Source: comicbook.com

8. Captain Atom/Monarch

Captain Atom, Armageddon 2001 - DC Comics

Lol – do-over!

Remember all that annoying Armageddon 2001 BS I just went over? Yeah, so here we go.

It was very clear that DC intended Captain Atom to be Monarch, right down to his interactions with Waverider, which brought him into the present. Buuuuuut…as I mentioned, he was Hawk.

Not quite sure what to do, Captain Atom bounced around for a long time and wound up in the Wildstorm Universe. Because of his unique physiology, and although he tried to avoid it, he became a death-bringer for that dimension. He eventually found his way home, where he was imprisoned and tortured by the Atomic Knights. This drove him insane, and he was locked in a containment suit that turned out to be the Monarch suit. Full circle.

It only took fifteen years to get there.