In JLA/Avengers, Ray appears first as taking the place of Wally West during the Justice League's mission to the Marvel Universe when he realizes that there is no Speed Force in the other reality. This is accomplished by using the remnants of a white-dwarf star made into a belt buckle worn with his costume. After years of dealing with bullies, Al Pratt trained to become a fighter and protected others from bullies by donning the mask and cape of the Atom. 's science advisor,[59] although he appears to have retained his abilities. Instead, teammate Ginsburg dies in the explosion they set and Ray approaches Adam Cray about becoming the new Atom in order to bring the remaining Micro/Squad into the open. DC. Atomic was one of the Powers in the Alpha version of DC Universe Online. TE2101 The Atom appears in Injustice 2 prequel comic series. [36] At the start of the Brightest Day event, Ray and Stein are seen at the funeral of Gehenna, the girlfriend and partner of the second Firestorm, Jason Rusch. Palmer has fought against several alien and supernatural threats, as well as having his own rogues gallery: his arch enemy is Chronos the Time Bandit, the menace of the Bug-Eyed Bandit, the dangerous eco-terrorist Floronic Man, and the miniature misguided Bat-Knights of Elvaran. [83] IGN also ranked the Atom as the 64th Greatest Comic Book Hero of All Time stating; "Of all the superheroes out here, Dr. Ray Palmer might be one of the most brilliant tortured souls imaginable. The two heroes briefly acquainted during the battle, and begin to develop a friendship. Any additional comics in the same order SHIP FOR FREE! When Hawkman is recovering, the Colony leaves their message to bring the white dwarf meteor and warned him no tricks, and to bring the meteor in order to save his family. In desperation, Palmer secretly uses the lens he has carried with him to shrink himself in order to be able to climb through a small opening in the fallen rocks sealing the cave, knowing he will likely explode. One notable student under Palmer was Ronnie Raymond, who, without the knowledge of elements of Martin Stein, found difficulty in fully employing his abilities as Firestorm. Using semiconductors to control the current digitally, this breakthrough unlocks a future where power is smartly controlled and exponentially safer. In the 1940s, many people were driven to become heroes and crime-fighters. The Atom is a superhero who is a member of the Justice League of America. The Atom (Dr. Raymond Palmer) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Deadman witnesses their battle and plans to rescue Palmer and Mera from Jean. This is all talk, mind you — nothing definite. Compression destabilizes an object's molecular structure, however, causing it to explode. [16] However, Palmer returned to play a very important role in the Countdown limited series. Later, Prof. Hyatt was attacked by the Colony while looking for white dwarf matter. [58], In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Micro/Squad would also return, attempting to murder Palmer for what he did to them. The concept was simple to Teufel: use the Kryptonite stolen from the Scarlet Widow; convert the Kryptonite to liquid and inject it into a test subject; and use a special converter box on the throat and meshed gloves of platinum and thorium. Back in the early 1990s, DC Comics used the “Bloodlines” crossover as an excuse to create a bevy of new superheroes and villains. She also arranges a hit on Tim Drake's father which is carried out by Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness). In the perfect timing during the raid of Batman's Insurgency on the enemies' base where Atom saved Harley, Wildcat arrived for Atom and Harley to save the kids who were kidnapped by Ra's and impostor Batman's groups during Black Canary and alternate universe Green Arrow's wedding. A favorite travel method is to call some location on the telephone and when the phone is answered, Palmer can shrink enough to travel through the phone lines in seconds to emerge out the answering phone. Although the Indigo Tribe eschews formal uniforms for tribal patterns over simple garments, Ray Palmer's costume is turned into a close approximation of the tattered Sword of the Atom clothings he had used in the past. Palmer returns to his teaching job at Ivy University, but also becomes an associate and alternate member of the JLA. He was inspired to become an engineer and inventor after watching Star Wars as a child. Ray had a lonely childhood, though he got through it by immersing himself in Arthurian lore, fancying himself as \"Sir Galahad\" and naming his personal playground in the woods after the legendary Camelot. There, he meets Hawkman (Katar Hol pre-Hawkworld, Carter Hall post-Hawkworld), one of his closest friends in the superhero community. However, once Kyle, Donna, Jason and Bob the Monitor are able to track him down,[18] Bob attempts to kill Palmer; with the Challengers' help, Palmer escapes and reveals to the Challengers that it was the Ray Palmer of Earth-51 who was meant to stop the Great Disaster and that he had been trying to carry on his work, to no avail. The Atom appeared in the 1997 live action TV series pilot, Ray Palmer first appears as a recurring character in, Routh reprises his role as Ray in the spin-off series, Routh reprises his role in the animated web series, An alternate universe version of Ray Palmer appears in, Ray Palmer appears as a playable character in, The Arrowverse version of Ray Palmer appears in, This page was last edited on 1 January 2021, at 06:19. [37] Ray manages to separate Jason and Ronnie from Black Lantern constructs. [31] Deadman saves Palmer and Mera by briefly possessing Jean, allowing them to escape and join the heroes against Nekron and his army. [46] While he shrinks himself to investigate he discovers microbiology blood. [23], During the Final Crisis, Palmer returns to New Earth and works with Choi again to aid in the efforts to evacuate the last free humans. They manage to fix the belt buckle and he returns to normal size when in Colony's base. Before she enters her trance, she reveals to Palmer that the indigo staff and his overwhelming compassion allows him to mimic the other powers of the Lantern Corps; she demonstrates this by temporarily becoming a Red Lantern and vomiting corrosive blood all over an attacking company of Black Lanterns. The battle is stopped by Isis, who forces the Justice League to flee in order to avoid restarting World War III. Joining Batman during a raid in Stryker's Island by League of Assassins and impostor Batman's Suicide Squad, he enters Superman's brain after he breaks out of cell. However, in his experiments this matter would then explode. Intrigued at this turn of events, Ray jumped on Metron's chair, which took him to the Grandmaster's base. His amazing quantum power actually allowed him to create enough force to create … [53] The Justice League battle against the Titans in Khandaq, where Ray seriously injures Deathstroke for killing his friend. This hero certainly proves the adage that good things come in small packages. In one classic DC story, Captain Atom had to follow along with other heavy hitters of the DC Universe in order to move an entire city into a portal opened up by the others. But, the Colony followed them to David's hideout and travels to the ant farm Ray then engages them in an epic battle. Atom Power built the world’s first and only true solid-state circuit breaker. [54] After failing, Ray begins writing the eulogy for Ryan's funeral, and is comforted by Superman. (1940) Ray Palmer was created re-envisioning the concept by Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox and Gil Kane, first appearing in Showcase #34. In 2011, DC Comics relaunched its superhero comics and rewrote the histories of some characters from scratch, including Captain Atom, giving him a new origin, appearance and slightly altered powers. During the missing year, Palmer's technology is employed by Supernova to shrink and grow in size in order to enter and exit the bottle city of Kandor. [22] However, Palmer returns home to New Earth one more time, upon realizing that his old nemesis Chronos had taken his identity to mislead a young pretender to his identity, Ryan Choi. Examples of iconic powers are Heat Vision, Word of Power, and Neo-Venom Boost, which are associated with Superman, Shazam, and Bane, respectively. [2] Bails and future Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas collaborated on a suggested version that incorporated elements of a Golden Age hero, Quality Comics' Doll Man. Using a diamond engagement ring, Palmer enlarges the hole sufficiently and descends to the floor to try to alert the others of the escape route before dying. He can even make the new costume appear or disappear with a thought by shifting most of its atoms to or from the other dimension. In a mission called Operation: Fireball, the tiny aliens were murdered in hopes Ray would return as the Atom and become a tool for the Cabal (as Ray worked for the CIA in his earlier years). In this new timeline, Ray appears in Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Captain Atom was the character inspiration for Doctor Manhattan , who was featured in the miniseries (and later live-action film adaptation) Watchmen . "[10], His alter ego, Ray Palmer, is an homage to science-fiction magazine editor Raymond A. [48] He discovers Ryan's DNA cell is not a match. [33], In July 2010 Ray Palmer had a Brightest Day one-shot that led to a co-feature in Adventure Comics. The Atom would take on new enemies during this period, such as Humbug, a sentient robot in control of an army of duplicates of itself, and Strobe, a technological armor-clad crook. Ray calls Oracle to trace the phone line, and while he arrives at the Colony's base he is confronted by the Colony squad. [12], When the Challengers return to their own Earth, Jimmy Olsen is kidnapped by Mary Marvel, who has been corrupted by Darkseid. The group tracks Palmer to Earth-51, where he assumes the life of its native Palmer after his life is cut short during his studies of the Multiverse and discovery of the looming Crisis. Unlike most versions, Ray's suit does not solely shrink himself and other obejcts; instead, it was originally designed as a combat exosuit with blasters, capable of flight. He carries out the bulk of his early superheroic adventures in Ivy Town, where he often helps his girlfriend, Jean Loring, win her cases. [55] In the final issue, Ray meets Ryan's friends and family, and gives the speech at his protégé's funeral. He began dating law student Jean Loring, eventually becoming exclusive. In the DC Encyclopedia, it is stated that he could grow up to 60 feet without problems. 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