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Atom Man vs. Superman is a 1950 American film serial and the second Superman movie serial featuring Kirk Alyn, credited (as with the previous serial) only by his character name, Superman. [ 1 ] When Lex Luthor blackmails the city of Metropolis by threatening to destroy the entire community, Perry White , editor of the Daily Planet assigns Lois ...
Prior to Heinrich Melch's debut in the comics, the name "Atom Man" was used in The Adventures of Superman (1945). He was a Nazi loyalist empowered with Kryptonite and sent to Metropolis as a vengeance weapon. [104] An original incarnation of Atom Man, Lex Luthor, appears in Atom Man vs. Superman, portrayed by Lyle Talbot.
Quex-Ul is a Kryptonian who is exiled to the Phantom Zone for killing Rondors, an endangered species, to profit off their healing horns. [1] He and Superman later learn that Quex-Ul had been controlled by another Kryptonian, Rog-Ar. Afterward, Quex-Ul throws himself into his gold kryptonite trap to save Superman, losing his powers and memory.
In Superman/Batman, Major Force joins a government task force led by Captain Atom alongside Power Girl, Starfire, Katana, and Black Lightning. He is killed with Atom absorbs his energy. In Green Lantern (vol. 3) #180 (October 2004), Major Force apparently kills Kyle Rayner's mother Maura. Kyle decapitates him and takes his head into space ...
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.
Kirk Alyn starred as Superman in two 15-chapter serials produced by Columbia Pictures, Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950). In it, Superman has many of the powers demonstrated in the comics. The origin story is similar to what is described in a 1942 novel about Superman, with his foster parents being named Sarah and Eben.
The Flash, Supergirl, and the Atom: original story by Gerry Conway, Alan Weiss, and Josef Rubinstein #12 August–September 1977 Green Lantern, Hawkman, and the Atom original story by Gerry Conway, Arvell Jones, and Bill Draut Hawkman reprinted from The Brave and the Bold #42 (1962) #13 October–November 1977 Aquaman, Captain Comet, and the Atom
In the third season, Mannheim leads Intergang in conducting revival experiments involving corpses such as Atom Man and Bizarro's, X-Kryptonite, and Superman's blood samples. Intergang appears in My Adventures with Superman, [38] led by Silver Banshee and consisting of Rough House and Mist. This version of the group wield Kryptonian technology.