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Dr Solar MOA (joshua13(h33t

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Dr Solar, Man of the Atom (c)
(1962-1981)

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The title broke with super-hero precedent in many ways. The origin story in issue 1 had most of the standard ingredients. A nuclear accident caused by a spy in the employ of international criminal Nuro transforms noble Dr. Solar into a walking atomic pile. Over the course of the first few issues, Solar gradually learns how to control his powers. He can generate most forms of energy, but when he uses up too much power he weakens and needs to recharge from a source such as an atomic pile or a radioisotope. He lives as a hermit in a lead-lined lab in Atom Valley, and dresses in anti-radiation gear to work near his colleagues. A very interesting twist is that he has no costume (not counting his green face) until midway through issue 5, when he dons cherry-red spandex. He works instead in an ordinary white lab coat and Ray-Bans.

To me this is great stuff. Ridiculous effects of radioactivity or other radiation were big back in those early days of atomic energy. Movies tended to go with giant insects or other monsters and bad effects. The comics often created super-heroes that way. Some of those heroes became big like Spider-man and Hulk. I suppose it's just as well most kids have no access to particle accelerators, gamma ray genaerators or nuclear power plants.

This is issues #01-32 of the Gold Key/Whitman era of this character. Note there is a 12 year gap between issues #27 & #28. The character had further adventures with Valiant and Acclaim, mot represented here.

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