~The Atom had one short-lived mini series and three subsequent specials, all titled Sword of the Atom, in which he abandons civilization in the wake of a divorce from his wife (who had an affair with fellow lawyer Paul Hoben) and becomes the Conan-like heroic paragon of a tribe of six-inch (152 mm) -tall yellow-skinned humanoid aliens called Morlaidhans (and consort to their princess Laethwyn) in the jungles of South America. He would pass on his size-changing belt and role as Ivy Town's protector to Jean's new husband Paul Hoben in his stead. During this time, Ray's friend Norman Brawler pens the book The Atom's Farewell in which Ray's identity as the Atom is revealed to the world. Eventually the colony is destroyed, despite Palmer's attempt to save it, by a group associated with the US Government acting as loggers.[4] Palmer is forced to escape via the telephone to North America. In the attempt, he fails to anticipate that the connection will involve satellite relay and the unexpectedly arduous trip causes him to remain at approximately three feet high and without his costume's size changing equipment. With the help of a friend, Ray creates a new costume from the material of the white dwarf star. This time, instead of a belt, Ray uses an encephalotronic grid in the costume's headpiece to control the costume. The grid is keyed to his unique brainwaves. This enables him to transfer his mass into an unknown dimension which allows him to alter his size and weight just by thinking about it. He can even make the new costume appear or disappear with a thought by shifting most of its atoms to or from the other dimension. This allows him to be in costume while at full height or to shrink without having to have his costume appear. He can even increase his weight while remaining six inches (152 mm) tall or reduce his weight while remaining at full size. Ray often does this and is then light enough to ride wind currents, where he actually appears to be flying to a limited degree. Ray also develops a mental link with the white dwarf matter to which he has been regularly exposed. Most of the mass lies within another dimension. Ray can draw upon that mass and hit with a super-concussive force. He has been shown to punch through concrete walls, crush an exam table and break the axle of a car that is moving at high speed.~ hey gang, whhooo i'm havin a blast putting these images together.reading your comments,seeing the favs and collects is an awesome feeling.big thanks to all of you. today's piece is a little tribute to a series i read years ago.for me it ranks among the greatest ever written.i've always though the atom is just plain cool personified.chalk one up for the little guy lol! anyhoo enjoy peeps ;) *till the dragon flies again,hugs and regards*, lee