Proof that shrinking yourself can be much more powerful than it looks
The Atom in his daily exercise

 

Name: Raymond "Ray" Palmer, The Atom
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Classification: Superhero, Scientist
Age: Unknown, likely 30 to 50
Powers and Abilities: Size Manipulation (can do this to himself or others), Matter Manipulation, Transmutation | Size Manipulation (can do this to himself or others), Matter Manipulation, Transmutation, can travel to alternate universes, can "ride" forms of energy, Body Manipulation (at the molecular level) | Size Manipulation (can do this to himself or others), Matter Manipulation, Transmutation
Weaknesses: None notable | Ray Palmer is extremely compassionate, and he usually will not use his powers to their full extent due to his mercy | None notable
Destructive Capacity: Building Level, but his various forms of attack can bypass/negate durability | Peak Human Level, but his various forms of attack can bypass/negate durability | Peak Human Level, but his various forms of attack can bypass/negate durability
Range: Melee Scale | Planetary Scale, since he can reach anywhere a phone line, electronic signal, or photonic signal can reach | Melee Scale
Speed: Peak Human at human size, can reach up to the Speed of Light or faster when shrunken
Durability: Building Level (can tank atomic disintegration), higher if he shrinks but keeps his mass (due to density) | Peak Human Level, higher if he shrinks but keeps his mass (due to density) | Peak Human Level, higher if he shrinks but keeps his mass (due to density)
Strength: Peak Human
Stamina: Peak Human
Standard Equipment: A suit incorporating technology of his own design that allows him to shrink his body to any size, even subatomic levels. He is capable of retaining his full mass and strength while doing so or not, can ride phone lines and electrical or even photonic signals to a target, possesses full control over his own body at the molecular level, and is able to shrink others with him but they can only remain stable for an hour before their bodies explode. By shrinking below the quantum level, he is able to travel to other universes. He can personally rearrange molecules and atoms to perform matter manipulation and even transmutation.
Intelligence: Ray Palmer is a genius scientist, as he developed the shrinking technology based on white dwarf star matter and has multiple physics degrees
Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Electrical Transmission: By shrinking himself to subatomic size he can hitch a ride on electrical signals, such as phone or computer data. With this he can effectively call someone, jump in the phone receiver, and arrive on the other side.
  • Internal Attack: He can enter someone's body while shrunken and then increase his size to damage or destroy them from the inside (due to his personality he will almost never do this).
  • Transmutation: By physically rearranging atoms and molecules, he can effectively transmute elements.
  • Multiversal Travel: By shrinking below the quantum level, he can access The Bleed, a dimension between universes, and travel to alternate universes and parallel realities.

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Other: This Profile only covers the mainstream DC Comics version of Ray Palmer, not counting other versions of The Atom or any power-ups he has gotten like the Indigo Lantern Staff.

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