ATOMAN

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: Barry Dale
OCCUPATION: Nuclear scientist
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal record
OTHER ALIASES: NA
PLACE OF BIRTH: Spark City, USA
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Crime Smashers 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Spark City, USA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Atoman #1 (1946)

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 
WEIGHT: 195 lbs 
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond/White (as Atoman) 

HISTORY

Barry Dale was a scientist who worked at the Atomic Institute. The unconscious exposure to radioactive materials, instead of giving him cancer as one might expect, awakened his Gen-0 and, as a result, he gained superpowers. 

"Obviously my body is so overloaded with radiation as a result of working with radium and uranium that it can explode atoms and give me atomic force."

Barry thought that perhaps he could be the first of a new race of humans that would come in the nascent Atomic Age, although time proved that this was not exactly the case. Regardless, Dale decided to use his new crime-fighting skills and quickly donned a superhero costume and set out to right wrongs. 

POWERS & WEAPONS

Barry's powers included super strength, invulnerability, and the ability to fly. Furthermore, he had "atomic vision" (telescopic / microscopic / thermal vision), and could heat his body to the point where he could weld metal with his bare hands. He over time also learned to generate powerful beams of force through his hands.