Atomic Thunderbolt

Real Name: William Burns

Identity/Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Unknown

Affiliations: Professor Josiah Rhonne

Enemies: Unknown

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Willy the Wharf Rat

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: Atomic Thunderbolt #1 (Regor Company, 1946)

Powers/Abilities: Able to fly and fire bolts of atomic energy.

History: Professor Josiah Rhonne is working on a way to alter the atomic structure of people so as to make them immune to radiation and nuclear explosions. Requiring someone to experiment on, he uses William Burns, a.k.a. Willy the Wharf Rat, who had suffered brain damage from a Nazi torpedo during the war. But an explosion in the laboratory causes an unexpected transformation in Willy, turning him into the Atomic Thunderbolt. In this new persona, Willy becomes a crimefighter.

Comments: None.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

• The Atom, Golden Age hero and member of the Justice Society of America

• The Atom, Ray Palmer, Silver age hero and member of the Justice League of America

• Atom, a youthful British hero who lives far in the future

• Atoman, a Golden age hero

• Atom Ant, a tiny insect superhero

• Atomas, a French superhero

• Atom Blake, a Golden age hero

• Atome Kid, a French hero

• Atomic Man, another Golden age hero

• Atomics, heroes of Snap City

• Atomic Tommy, a British hero of the 1940's, given superstrength by an "atomic jacket"

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