The Atom
| Atom | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
(Prat) All-American Comics #19 (Oct 1940) (Palmer) Showcase #34 (Oct. 1961) (Cray) Suicide Squad #44 (August 1990) (Atom One Million) DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1,000,000 (August 1999) (Choi) DCU: Brave New World (2006) |
| Created by |
(Prat) Ben Flinton Bill O'Conner (Palmer) Julius Schwartz (editor and co-plotter) Gardner Fox (writer) Gil Kane (artist) (Cray) John Ostrander (Choi) Gail Simone Grant Morrison (Atom One Million) Grant Morrison |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego |
Al Pratt - Ray Palmer - Adam Cray - Ryan Choi - Rhonda Pineda |
| Team affiliations |
(Prat) Justice Society of America All-Star Squadron Black Lantern Corps (Palmer) Justice League Teen Titans Indigo Tribe S.H.A.D.E. (Cray) Suicide Squad Black Lantern Corps (Choi) Teen Titans Justice League (Atom One Million) Justice Legion Alpha |
| Abilities |
(All-except Pratt and Atom One Million) Ability to shrink and grow his body and other objects to varying degrees (including the subatomic level) while manipulating his weight and mass to his advantage Maintains strength of normal size in shrunken state, Superhuman strength and speed, Expert Hand to Hand Combatant |
The Atom is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics universe.
The original Golden Age Atom, Al Pratt, was created by Ben Flinton and Bill O'Connor and first appeared in All-American Publications' All-American Comics #19 (Oct. 1940). The second Atom was the Silver Age Atom, Ray Palmer, who first appeared in 1961. The third Atom, Adam Cray, was a minor character present in Suicide Squad stories. The fourth Atom, Ryan Choi, debuted in a new Atom series in August 2006. Another Atom from the 853rd Century first appeared as part of Justice Legion Alpha in August 1999.
The Atom has been the star of multiple solo series, and four of the five have appeared as members of various superhero teams, such as the Justice Society of America, the Justice League, the Suicide Squad, and the Justice Legion Alpha.
The original Atom, Al Pratt, first appeared in All-American Comics #19 (Oct. 1940). He initially had no superpowers; instead, he was a diminutive college student and later a physicist who was depicted as a tough guy, a symbol of all the short kids who could still make a difference. Pratt was a founding member of the Justice Society of America, later gaining limited super-strength, and an energy charged 'atomic punch'. He died in the charge against Extant during the Zero Hour.
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