10 Iconic Comic Book Characters (Without Legendary Comics)

10. Captain Atom

The good captain began his life in Charlton comics, before that went under and Charlton's entire superhero line was bought out by DC. Since then Captain Atom has been kicking around from superhero team to superhero team, occasionally getting his own books that inevitably go nowhere.

Which is a shame for anyone who - for example - grew up on the early 2000's Justice League cartoon, where he was a prominent side character. He's also made appearances in other media such as the animated movie Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, which has resulted in him becoming a very well known character in the DC universe.

This being in spite of the fact that DC just can't get someone to work on his series that really adds that special oomph that makes a legendary comic.

Hopefully that'll happen one day, because this great character really does deserve it. His powers put him on par with superman (being basically a thermonuclear reactor that walks and talks) and that combined with his military background can make for some interesting stories.