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The Atom (Ray Palmer)

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Background[]

Ray Palmer grew up in Ivy Town, Connecticut, and attended Ivy University, where he studied physics under renowned scientists like Alpheus P. Hyatt. One day, he discovered a White Dwarf Star Fragment that had fallen to Earth. Ray hypothesized that by grinding a lens from this fragment and focusing ultraviolet light through it, he could reduce the size of anything struck by the light to a fraction of its original size. A few days later, Ray and his friends were out spelunking when they became trapped in a cave-in, forcing him to to risk his stability by using the shrinking lens on himself in order to escape the cave and save his friends' lives. Ray, on the other hand, did not explode and instead returned to his normal height. In fact, the shrinking lens worked much better on his body than he had anticipated, and he devised a set of control devices that gave him limited control over both his weight and size. Ray created the identity of "The Atom" and began a career fighting crime in Ivy Town while keeping his discoveries hidden.

Powers & Abilities[]

  • Microscopic Stability: For some reason, Ray's physiology allows him to not explode when he is miniaturized unlike other living things which explode after a short time of being miniaturized.
  • Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Ray's an Olympic-level gymnast and an excellent hand-to-hand combatant. Due to Ray being a part of the Justice League of America, they taught him how to fight in the early stages of being a member.
    • Judo: Ray Palmer often finds himself in situation where physical violence become necessary. As such, he has developed a proficiency in the martial art judo.
  • Genius Level Intellect:
    • Physics: Dr. Palmer has a Ph.D. in physics and was a full professor at Ivy University.
  • Pedagogy: He has a teaching position at Ivy University.
  • Swordsmanship: The Atom used a long sword as a weapon while living among the Katarthans, gaining considerable skill in its use.
  • Acrobatics: The Flash has stated that he's not as nearly as agile the Atom.

Equipment[]

  • White Dwarf Star Fragment:
  • Suit: Ray created a suit that contains the white dwarf star fragments so he can control his mass and density.
  • Bio-Belt: Originally, Ray's size/weight controls were located in his belt buckle. However, he later moved them to his gloves for greater accessibility and swifter transitions, and in the costume he wore after his days in New Morlaidh, had an encepholpathic grid in his mask that allowed him to do it mentally.
    • Size Alteration: Able to shrink his body to varying degrees (including the subatomic level), achieved by storing most of his mass in a pocket dimension. As the Atom, Ray can assume any size from his normal six-foot stature down to sub-microscopic, although he generally deems a height of six inches as most functional.
      • Shrinking:
        • Rearrange Atoms:
        • Mind Manipulation:
      • Giant-Size:
    • Body Modifications:
    • Molecular Manipulation:
      • Mass Alteration: Able to instantly alter his molecular density to whatever degree he desires. Ray can also assume any weight at any height—up to his full 180 pounds.
        • Phasing: By shifting his density, Ray is able to make himself nigh-intangible. While in this state he can pass through solid object like they aren't even there.
      • Nuclear Blasts:
    • Flight: He is able to glide on air currents and stiff breezes. A favorite travel method Ray had, was to call some location on the telephone; when the intended phone answered, he could shrink down enough to literally travel through the phone lines in seconds to emerge out of the answering phone.
    • Superhuman Strength: By shifting all his mass into his fists he can punch with incredible force.
    • Superhuman Durability:
    • Dimensional Travel: Ray found out that by shrinking beyond the subatomic scale he could slip beneath reality at the quantum level to traverse around the multiverse at will.
  • Metal Knuckles:
  • Shrinking Blanket:
  • Crossbow:
  • Laser Gun:
  • Miniature Blaster:
  • Molecular Destabilizer:
  • Dimension Vibrator:
  • ¨Magic Satchel¨:
  • Katarthan's Sword: The Atom used a long sword as a weapon while living among the Katarthans, gaining considerable skill in its use.
  • Indigo Tribe Staff:

Feats[]

Strength[]

Speed[]

Durability[]

Skill[]

Weaknesses[]

  • Missing Hand (Formerly): During the events of Convergence, he allowed Baracuda to cut off his left hand to save Ryan Choi from the miniverse.
  • Ray is fairly vulnerable to loud sounds when at smaller sizes.
  • The Bio-Belt can be overloaded by specific frequencies and forced to a default state.
  • Unable to shrink if it gets down to absolute zero.
  • That the Bio-Belt itself can actually be hacked.
  • Metal somehow messes up the signals from his size circuitry.
  • If the belt itself gets damaged, it can rupture upon Atom changing sizes.
  • Without his belt, Ray isn’t capable of shrinking himself, as despite all the huge feats he’s accomplished with the belt, without it, he’s stuck as a mere man, of whatever size he’s currently at.

Fun facts[]

  • The Atom appeared in the season 10 premiere of the popular web series DEATH BATTLE! where he fought against Ant-Man and lost.
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