He’s been shown to have the ability to best even Superman in a fight. After the whole New 52 mess, he was given even more powers, including the Source Manipulation of Zonuz, the Strength of S'ivaa, the Boldness of Ate, the Fires of H'romneer, the Lightning of Mamaragan, and the Compassion of Anapel. The name itself is an acronym describing the hero’s powers: S for Solomon’s wisdom, which is deep and profound, H for Hercules’s strength, which can move an entire planet, A for Atlas’s stamina, giving him near invulnerability for greatly extended periods of time, Z for Zeus’s power, giving him lightning-casting ability, A for Achilles’s bravery, rendering him immune to fear or despair, and M for Mercury’s speed, making him a very fast boy indeed. Don’t we all.īilly Batson, a 12-year-old boy, had the uncanny luck to run into the wizard Shazam, who gifted him with the ability to transform into a superhuman grown-up by mentioning the old codger’s name. Oh, one other thing – he becomes more powerful with age. He is nearly invincible save for one vulnerability: over-use of his powers weakens him. He can absorb energy and blast baddies with it, he can fly, create force fields, and he can even transmute material matter. Even handier, he requires neither food, nor water, nor air, and he is nigh-indestructible. Other than that, he can perceive cell phone and radio waves with his brain and inspect molecules without the need of a microscope. Here, however, Lex Luthor is the alter-ego, initially presenting the Atom Man as his 'friend and partner.' Luthor dons a metallic mask and black cloak and speaks in a foreign accent. ALTER EGO 106 (84 pages with color, 7.95) looks at the career of DICK GIORDANO through the 1960sfrom his early years as a freelance artist through the 'Action-Hero' era at Charlton and the. Other than his incredibly durable exterior, he has the power to manipulate the quantum field, and has a generous amount of super-strength. Superman (Film Serial) The Atom Man, in a markedly different form, was the title villain of the second Superman film serial, Atom Man vs. It only took eighteen years to learn that magic trick. Manhattan, it seemed he was reduced to dust, but he somehow learned to reintegrate his atoms into a human form (with the ship’s metal surface permanently bonded to him). The test was a bit more than he bargained for, unfortunately, as he was put inside an alien spacecraft which was subsequently nuked by an atom bomb. Atom Smasher was frustrated with the JSA’s rules and was dwelling on his decision to kill a villain, but Black Adam encouraged taking extreme action and made him feel it was the right thing to do.
Luckily for him, he was given the option to participate in a top-secret experiment instead. Captain Nathaniel Adam of America’s Air Force, was framed for a serious felony and sentenced to death.