Atomicus
From Herocopia
The entity that became the human Atomicus was formed in the Atomic Research Lab at Fort Kanigher in April of 1961. His first act of heroism was to rescue Dr. Vasily Petrov, a Soviet defector. (Soviet agents were attempting to return Dr. Petrov to Russia.) The hero was dubbed Atomicus by Elliot Mills, a reporter for the Astro City Rocket, on April 7th, 1961.
Atomicus' alter ego, Adam Peterson, started working for the staff of Astro City's mayor, Morton (first name unknown), shortly thereafter. Also working for the staff was Irene Meriwether, a mayoral aide. Atomicus and Meriwether were known to be a couple before Peterson's appearance. At the time, it was still not known that Peterson was Atomicus. Meriwether soon suspected the connection, however, and went about mercilessly attempting to prove that Peterson and Atomicus were one in the same. When she finally succeeded, the furious Atomicus left the Earth, never to be seen again.
It has been confirmed by the First Family and other star-faring heroes that Atomicus is still out in space.
Vital Statistics
Status: Active, but not on Earth
Real Name: alias of Adam Peterson
Debuted: LH:2
Earliest known appearance: 1961
Affiliation:
Base of Operations: past in Astro City, currently in outer space
Powers
Atomicus' powers are nuclear based. They can be weakened if his link to nuclear energy is diminished or absorbed.
- Flight
- Super-strength
- His ability to create "atomic duplicates" infers a mental mechanism for manipulating mass at the atomic level. The atomic duplicates are copies of himself that, appearance-wise, are completely identical. They are capable of speech and practically indistinguishable from the genuine Atomicus.
- In his Adam Peterson disguise, he wears the Atomicus costume underneath his clothes, but in a different form, flatter and simplified. He transforms it into the regular costume through some application of his powers.
