Atom Smasher

Albert Rothstein, godson of the original Atom Al Pratt and grandson of Cyclotron, can grow to tremendous size while increasing his physical density and strength, making him a formidable powerhouse and longtime member of the Justice Society of America.

Bursting onto the scene in Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's JLA #40 in 2000, Atom Smasher is a Modern Age DC presence who has rubbed shoulders with some of the publisher's finest — Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Hourman among them. With a footprint spanning a quarter century and key appearances across JSA, 52, and JLA / JSA: Virtue and Vice, this is a character woven into the connective tissue of DC's team-book storytelling at its most ambitious. Twenty-five years of showing up alongside legends speaks for itself — Atom Smasher is exactly the kind of figure that rewards the reader who digs deeper into DC's Modern Age ensemble casts.