This is from the first appearance of the Silver Age version of the Atom. It's SHOWCASE# 34,the September-October 1961 issue;script by Gardner Fox, art by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson. Now, this character's basic premise is that he can shrink in size. Although he usually runs around six inches high, he can and does get down to microscopic and even ( Read more... )

The Atom was not one of the oddest heroes of the Golden Age (I mean, compared to Madame Fatal or the Heap or Plastic Man) but he was odd enough. He had no super-powers. Al Pratt was a college sophomore who stood 5'1" and, after a youth spent being teased and ridiculed, had built himself up through obsessive bodybuilding to the point where he could ( Read more... )

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