
Rothstein then spends a great deal of time hunting Kobra and stopping just short of killing him. In response, Rothstein strikes a deal with the near-omniscient New God Metron, who enables him to go back in time, save his mother and trap a different supervillain in the same fate for good measure. At one point, the supervillain Kobra kills his mother, leaving Rothstein devastated. Though he is a hero, he often finds himself either committing murder or being stopped at the last minute before a murder. His personality is aggressive, vengeful, and often overbearing, but he is loyal to a fault. He has been a part of the Justice Society of America, the Justice League America, and the Suicide Squad, among others. Rothstein operated under the name Nuklon before his rebranding in Kingdom Come, but has been known as Atom Smasher since the late nineties.Ītom Smasher is a type of character not uncommon to comic book universes, a character who is very rarely seen outside of a team. Atom was the inspiration for Rothstein's costume. Rothstein was raised by his godfather, Al Pratt AKA Atom, a superhero gifted super-strength through a battle with Rothstein's aforementioned grandfather. Rothstein can alter his physical size and molecular density at will, he can grow to the size of a skyscraper and wield subsequently immense strength. Atom Smasher's real name is Albert Rothstein, he inherited his superpowers from his grandfather who was a supervillain. The first use of the name Atom Smasher was in a 1996 issue of Kingdom Come written by Mark Waid, but technically, the character existed prior to this.

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Black Adam will be the first big-screen appearance for almost every character announced so far, and Atom Smasher is no exception, having only appeared on TV and in cartoons up til now. The JSA heroes confirmed to appear in Black Adamrange from iconic to near unknown DC characters. Everyone knows about Dwayne Johnson's character, but he's set to encounter the classic Justice Society of America, one fixture of which is the underrated Atom Smasher. * Eddie Thawne’s name on The Flash is “not an accident” and his connection to the comic book lore will “pay off big time in back half of the year,” Kreisberg teased.DC's long-awaited Black Adam is one of the most hotly anticipated superhero movies in the genre, pitting the eponymous anti-hero against old-school heroes. Yes, I am Reverse Flash,” Tom Cavanagh confirmed. * Why no mask, Dig? “Heroes don’t need costumes,” David Ramsey replied.

“She goes from avenging her sister to honoring her sister to becoming her sister.” * “I’ve been waiting for this to happen and I’m excited and thrilled about it,” Katie Cassidy said of the transition to Black Canary. “If we don’t give other characters the opportunity to shoulder the load, then we give viewers nothing to attach them to. “I personally love when there’s adversity for the protagonist,” he said. * Star Stephen Amell learned of Oliver’s demise before Season 3 started shooting. His connection is through Felicity.” Meanwhile, Oliver is “seeing the crusade grow beyond him,” which ties into the plan for Season 3.

* Talking about the multitude of costumed crusaders in Starling City, Guggenheim noted, “Ray is on a slightly different track than the other members of Team Arrow.
