| Alias |
 
 
 
|
| Atom
II |
| Nick
Name |
|
The
Mighty Mite
The Tiny Titan
World's Smallest Superhero
|
| Civilian
ID |
| Dr.
Raymond "Ray" Palmer |
| Occupation |
|
Adventurer
Professor
of Physics
Scientist |
| Legal
Status |
| Citizen
of the United States with no criminal record. |
| Nation
or Planet of Origin |
| Ivy
City |
| Group
Affiliation |
|
Birds
of Prey
Justice
League
Suicide Squad
Teen
Titans
|
| Base
of Operations |
| Ivy
City |
| Height |
| 5'
10" to Sub-atomic |
| Weight |
| 180
lbs. to Sub-atomic |
| Eye
Color |
| Brown |
| Hair
Color |
| Auburn |
| Skin
Tone |
| Caucasian |
| Known
Powers |
| Scientific
device powered by a white-dwarf mass granting ability
to shrink self and other objects to a sub-atomic size. While
sub-atomic, objects can travel via light-waves or through
electronic circuits. Genius level intelligence with an aptitude
in physics.
Excellent hand-to-hand combatant and swordsman.
|
| Accessories |
|
Atom Uniform: Size
altering costume that appears when mass reduces below Palmer's normal
size. White-Dwarf Mass:
Element enabling the possessor to obtain a subatomic size. |
| Common
Enemies |
|
Bat Knights
Bug-Eyed
Bandit
Chronos I
Dr. Light
III
Plant Master
(The)
Thinker
|
| Regularly
Appearing |
|
The Atom
The Atom and
Hawkman
Justice League America
Justice League
of America
JLA
Power of The Atom
Sword of the Atom
|
| First
Appearance |
|
Showcase #34 (Sept. - Oct.
1961) |
| Creator |
| Gardner Fox & Gil Kane |
| Origin |
| As a
graduate student in physics, Ray Palmer developed a ray beam to reduce
matter by focusing ultra-violet rays through a lens fashioned from the
fragment of a white-dwarf star, but the process was unstable and caused
the mass to explode. Palmer became trapped in a cavern
with a group of young explorers. Risking death to save the youths,
he used his reducing lens to escape the cavern, and to his surprise
survived the process.
Palmer fashioned a hand-controlled
device allowing him alter his size at will and a costume from a portion of
the white-dwarf mass that appeared when he reduced his normal size,
becoming the tiny titan known as the Atom. |