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Atom Smasher about to crush Kobra. Albert finally gets his dream and is invited to join the reunited JSA under his new name and identity, Atom Smasher. [10] For years, Atom Smasher cherishes his role in upholding Pratt's legacy and constantly seeks to prove himself worthy to his Golden Age idols – especially when many of them became his teammates in the JSA.
Al Rothstein (portrayed by Noah Centineo), also known as Atom Smasher, is a metahuman with the power to increase his size, a member to the Justice Society, and the nephew of Al Pratt. Inspired by his uncle and having trained to become a vigilante, Rothstein undertook his first mission, successfully stopping a weapons trade, receiving his uncle ...
In the 1980s, Al Pratt's godson Al Rothstein was introduced; he was known as the superhero Nuklon (later changing his name to Atom Smasher), first appearing as a member of Infinity, Inc. In 1994, it was revealed that Pratt has a son named Grant Emerson, who becomes the superhero Damage before being killed during Blackest Night .
The atom smasher was shut down so that Westinghouse could focus on the electronics department. [21] Many of the contributors to the Westinghouse project moved onto find other jobs during this period of shut down, but stayed closely connected to the nuclear research that was happening during the time.
The original Atom, Al Pratt, first appeared in All-American Comics #19 (October 1940). [3] He initially had no superpowers; instead, he was a diminutive college student and later a physicist who was depicted as a tough guy, a symbol of all the short kids who could still make a difference.
Captain Atom is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books, initially owned by Charlton Comics before being acquired in the 1980s by DC Comics. [1] All possess some form of energy-manipulating abilities, usually relating to nuclear fission and atomic power.
The Westinghouse Atom Smasher, an early Van de Graaff accelerator built 1937 at the Westinghouse Research Center in Forest Hills, Pennsylvania. The cutaway shows the fabric belts that carry charge up to the mushroom-shaped high voltage electrode.
The only member of SMASH who isn't imprisoned is "Doc" Tom Strange, his world's version of Tom Strong. Doc Strange journeys to Tom Strong's Earth to recruit his help while his SMASH comrades remain frozen in time. [6] In the year 2000, Tom Strong and Tom Strange finally free the American Crusader and other heroes from the time-loops. [8]