Power of the Atom Vol 1 1

"Home is the Hero!": The Atom exploded from the phone of Norman Brawler; and he only grew three feet tall. His costume was gone. After his initial confusion faded, he remembered.

"Home is the Hero!"
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Power of the Atom Vol 1 #1
August, 1988
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Dwayne Turner
Home is the Hero!
Writers	Roger Stern
Pencilers	Dwayne Turner
Inkers	Keith Wilson
Colorists	Nansi Hoolahan
Letterers	Bill Oakley
Editors	Mike Carlin Renee Witterstaetter
Next Issue	Power of the Atom # 2

I discovered that I could mentally will it to grow or diminish if I was in close enough proximity. I then realized that it was this strange psycho-sensitive property that had allowed me to first survive and reverse the shrinking process...

— The Atom

Power of the Atom #1 is an issue of the series Power of the Atom (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1988.

Synopsis for "Home is the Hero!"

The Atom exploded from the phone of Norman Brawler; and he only grew three feet tall. His costume was gone. After his initial confusion faded, he remembered.

Old Morlaidh had been destroyed and they build a New Morlaidh. In the remains of the old, Ray had recovered the White Dwarf Star Fragment from their Star Drive, and realized that the Katarthans did not know that they had been shrunk by it. Before he could propose restoring them, former colleague Don Brice stumbled into his new world and shared news before he died. Everything nearby was going to burn.

The six inch tall Atom sped to their camp on a Skul-Bird, but could not make himself understood to the Brazilian Men. One grabbed at him and the battle was on. In the confusion, a stray bullet destroyed his sword, and another set off the napalm. The camp, and New Morlaidh were destroyed in a fireball and Ray Palmer found no surviving Karathans. He shrank the last White Dwarf Star Fragment and took it away.

In the local police station, Ray found and battled the same men before he called Norman, and rode the signal through a satellite which scrambled his molecular structure. Norman now called for Dr Alvin Jeffries, but the CIA listened in and had heard Ray's predicament.

Appearing in "Home is the Hero!"

Featured Characters:

• Atom (Ray Palmer) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Norm Brawler
• Jean Hoben (Mentioned only) and (In a photograph only)

Antagonists:

• Seven Drug Runners (Unnamed)

Other Characters:

• Central Intelligence Agency
  • Don Brice (Dies in flashback)
  • Agent Bailey (First appearance)
  • Various Agents (Unnamed)
• Katarthans (Flashback only)
  • Princess Laethwen (Flashback only)
  • Voss (Flashback only)
• Skul Bird (Flashback only)
• Dr. Alvin Jeffries (Mentioned only) (Behind the scenes)
• Justice League of America (In a photograph only)
  • Superman (In a photograph only)
  • Batman (In a photograph only)
  • Hawkman (In a photograph only)
  • Flash (Barry Allen) (In a photograph only)
  • Aquaman (Arthur Curry) (In a photograph only)

Locations:

• South America (Flashback only)
  • Brazil (Flashback only)
    • Amazon Rainforest (Flashback only)
      • Morlaidh (Destroyed) (Flashback only)
• United States of America
  • Connecticut
    • Ivy Town
      • Norm Brawler's Residence
    • Shopton (Mentioned only)
  • Virginia
    • Langley
      • Central Intelligence Agency

Items:

• White Dwarf Star Fragment (Flashback only)
• Bio-Belt
• Atom's Sword (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
• The Atom's Farewell

Vehicles:

• Bucket Boom Truck
  

Notes

• Shopton is the town Jean (Loring) Hoben moved to set up her law practice after her divorce from Ray Palmer.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Power of the Atom series