Henry Miller (Arrowverse: Superman & Lois)

Atom-Man
Arrowverse‎‎: Superman & Lois
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Real Name	Henry Miller
Main Alias	Atom-Man
Base Of Operations	Metropolis
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Terrorist
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Bald
Origin
Universe	Arrowverse: Superman & Lois
Creators	George Putnam Ludlam
First Appearance	"A Brief Reminiscence In-Between Cataclysmic Events" (June 22, 2021)
Appearance of Death	"The Dress" (May 23, 2023)

Henry Miller, aka Atom-Man, was a white supremacist terrorist and one of Supermans's earliest foes.

History

Shortly after Superman revealed himself to the world, Miller launched a series of attacks against minorites in Metropolis. He was foiled by Superman and imprisoned.

Almost two decades later, Miller developed a brain tumour and was given only weeks to live. His initial appeal for compassionate release from prison was rejected but Bruno Mannheim coerced a judge into releasing him. Intergang scientists enhanced Miller to allow him to survive months past his initial prognosis and granted him powers similar to Superman. Miller launched a new attack on Metropolis and Superman responded as he had expected. They fought an aerial battle around the city.

Superman asked Miller who had given him powers but Miller refused to answer, saying "they" were coming for him and he needed to kill Superman before his enemies caught up to him. They eventually ended up in an alley where Miller was seemingly shot multiple times and collapsed to the floor dead, but when Superman X-rayed Miller's body he saw there were no bullets in it.

Peia Mannheim lured Superman away from the alley by creating the sounds of multiple emergencies around the city, then took Miller's body to a secret laboratory where Mannheim and a scientist restored him to life using a serum derived from Superman's blood. Miller was brought back in a feral state and, when he did not regain his sanity after twenty-four hours, Mannheim had him put into a coma and transferred to a containment tank where Intergang's scientists continued to experiment on him.

Mannheim eventually reactivated Miller and sent him to kill his enemy John Henry Irons. Miller flew to Smallville and attacked Irons' home. He had been warned about Irons' Warsuit and so attacked him while he was unarmoured and destroyed his remote control so Iron could not summon the suit. As his orders were to make John Henry suffer, he didn't kill him immediately and instead beat him and broke multiple bones. Superman swooped into to stop him and the two fought on Smallville's main street. Miller eventually threw Superman far away into the air and went to finish Irons off, but he managed to summon his hammer and killed Miller with an uppercut.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)

Weaknesses

• Cancer: Miller had terminal brain cancer and required regular infusions of a serum made from Superman's blood and X-Kryptonite to survive.
• Irrational Hatred
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Serum: The serum which kept Miller's cancer in check also gave him powers similar to Superman.
  • Flight
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Stamina
  • Superhuman Strength

Weapons

• Flamethrower

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the Arrowverse and is an adaptation of Heinrich Milch/Atom Man. The original character was created by George Putnam Ludlam and first appeared in The Adventures of Superman (radio).

Related

• Appearances of Henry Miller (Arrowverse: Superman & Lois)
• Images featuring Henry Miller (Arrowverse: Superman & Lois)
• Quotations by or about Henry Miller (Arrowverse: Superman & Lois)
• Character Gallery: Henry Miller (Arrowverse: Superman & Lois)

Footnotes

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