Sneak Peek footage of 'The Atom' (Brandon Routh) from The CW TV series "Arrow", on the news that The CW are considering a live-action TV series, based on DC Comics tiny superhero :
"'Arrow' and 'The Flash' executive producer Greg Berlanti is in talks with The CW about an idea for an 'Atom' spinoff starring Brandon Routh ('Superman Returns') as 'Ray Palmer'..."
"...the 'Advanced Technology Operating Mechanism' is designed to allow Palmer the ability to protect 'Starling City'. But considering that the inspiration behind it's creation was to allow one man to have a plethora of military technology in the palm of their hand, the potential ramifications of 'Queen Technologies' initial designation for the suit -- 'O.M.A.C.' -- ('One Man Army Corps') is yet to be seen..."
More of the 'Atom' will return in "Arrow: Left Behind", airing January 21, 2015 on The CW.
According to the original comic book story debuting in DC Comics' "Showcase" #34 (Oct. 1961), created by writer Gardner Fox and illustrator Gil Kane, 'Ray Palmer, Ph.D., is a physicist and professor at 'Ivy University' in New England, specializing in matter compression as a means to fight overpopulation, famine and other world problems.
Using a mass of white dwarf star matter he finds after it lands on Earth, Palmer fashions a lens that enables him to shrink any object to any degree he wishes.
Palmer creates a belt tool to control this miniaturization to subatomic size with an emergency backup mechanism in his gloves, and develops a costume that he can wear at most times that only becomes visible when he shrinks significantly. In addition, he develops equipment that allows him to decrease his weight in addition to his size, allowing him to glide on air currents on a low setting...
...while a high setting allows him to handle or strike objects with the equivalent strength of his normal size and build.
A favorite travel method is to call some location on the telephone and when the phone is answered, Palmer can shrink enough to travel through the phone lines in seconds to emerge out the answering phone.
