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The Atom
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Real Name
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Albert "Al" Pratt
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First Appearance
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All-American Comics #19 (October, 1940)
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Creators
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Bill O'Conner, Ben Flinton
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Team Affliations
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Justice Society of America, All-Star Squadron, Black Lantern Corps
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Aliases
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None
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Base of Operations
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Calvin City
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Powers
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Atomic strength and agility, Immunity to radiation
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Skills and Abilities
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Superb athlete, Proficient boxer, Brilliant scientist
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Paraphenalia
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None
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The Atom (Al Pratt) is a superhero in the DC Universe and a member of the Justice Society of America.
Origin[]
Al Pratt was a weak, short man who was bullied until he was trained by an ex-boxer to become a powerhouse fighter. He decided to use his newfound skills to fight crime as The Atom.
Biography[]
Albert "Al" Pratt was born in 1920, though his birth parents nor place of birth have yet to be revealed. In 1940, Pratt was a sophomore student in Calvin College (in Calvin City, Connecticut) and was often mocked for being short (five feet one inch). Called "Atom Al", Albert wished to show up his tormentors and win over Mary James, the girl of his dreams. One day, Al bought dinner for a vagrant in need, who turned out to be a former boxing champ Joe Morgan. Grateful, Morgan made a deal with Al to train him to become a world class-level boxer. Within a year's time, Al became strong and a skilled boxer and decided to use his new skills to fight crime as a superhero with a secret identity, calling himself the Atom.
From then on, the Atom had a successful crime-fighting career in Calvin City, thwarting various criminals throughout the city. Al still remained friends with Mary James, but it was the Atom that she was enamored with.
Justice Society of America[]
During World War II, the Atom was one of the many mystery men recruited into the organization of crime fighters known as the Justice Society of America. He later joined the superhero team the All-Star Squadron, where he struck up a friendship with the superhero Wildcat (who was also trained by Joe Morgan). When the Atom and the JSA battled the villain Ian Krakull, they defeated him and were bathed in strange mystical energies.
In other Media[]
The video game Injustice 2, in the dialogue between Jay Garrick and Ray Palmer, mentions the curiosity that he is the only character with the same name of a member of the Justice Society of America, whose powers are not alike, with Jay mentioning that Ray Palmer doesn't look like Al.