2011 “Vil10: Dr Light Cubee” by Joshua Wolf

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I wasn't confident that I could work out another Cubee crossover tie-in for POTA after Vil24: The Floronic Man, but last week's Atom Movie Fan Casting reminded me that Doctor Light was an option until that Bug-Eyed Bandit Cubee comes through. Besides, nothing says Easter quite like searching for square boxes representing sodomites who spend most of their time being beaten by teenagers, amiright?

Joshua Wolf's Villains Cubees

• Ambush Bug @ DC Bloodlines
• Giganta @ Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman
• Malefic @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• Professor Ivo @ Justice League Detroit

2013 The Atom Movie Fan Casting: Mel Gibson as Doctor Light

I haven't done a fake movie fan casting in over a year nor a blog update in over a month, so how about two belated entries that make a big bang together? My ability to be a fan of Mel Gibson as a protagonist burnt out years before we all learned what an f'd-up creep he is, but I think he has great potential to flip the script and become an outstanding antagonist. I assume he'll be the bad guy in Machete Kills, and if you need someone to get all rape-y while rocking deeply unfortunate facial hair, Gibson may well be your man. Don't you want to see this face punched already?

Diabolic Movie Fan Casting

• Bronze Tiger @ DC Bloodlines
• Malefic/Ma'alefa'ak @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• Steve Trevor @ Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman
• The Vixen @ Justice League Detroit

2012 “Vil24: The Floronic Man Cubee” by Joshua Wolf

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February is a female-character themed month on my Martian Manhunter blog, so I decided to feature the villainess Cay'an there in the form of a "Cubee," mostly because its one of the only pieces of fan art in existence to bother with such a lame, obscure character. Artist Joshua Wolf had tons of similar designs on his deviantART page, so I figured I'd use it as the basis for an easy blog crossover. The Aquaman/Mera familial foe Siren got in for the same reasons as Cay'an. Wonder Woman has more respectable female adversaries, so I chose a bad gal with higher regard, Circe. I had two other blogs to fill, and given that it's been well over a month since my last update here, I broke theme to choose Jason Woodrue to represent for POTA. The Atom has a rather paltry rogues gallery, and this was the only option, and we're honestly lucky anyone bothered to include the Floronic Man. The other guy breaking ranks is Eclipso, which is technically relevant here, since he was once a she, and she was named Jean Loring. It shows how f'ed up the DC Universe has gotten when the Atom can't really lay claim to his murderous, adulterous ex-wife after she finds a black diamond and becomes the Goddess of Vengeance. How cool could their spats have been? Why did she die by sharks instead a defining moment of cold-blooded assassination from the Mighty Mite? Moot now, of course, since we've got an all-newer chick Atom on the way in the New 52.

2006 The Atom color art by Ramon Villalobos

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"a picture i did for fun of everyone's favorite ex husband of a crazed psychopath who is currently hiding somewhere in microscopic form... that's right its the atom."

Villalobos also did a couple of early, rough Golden Age JSA pieces featuring the Al Pratt Atom in 2005.

Ramon Villalobos

• Aquaman @ Justice League Detroit
• JLA @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• OMAC @ DC Bloodlines
• Wonder Woman @ Diana Prince

2011 Justice League of America - Sample Pages by Pablo Alcalde Fernández

It isn't unusual for an artist to put together sample pages of a story to show to publishers in hopes of getting work. The Justice League of America also offers an opportunity to juggle a variety of characters, power sets and locations. The uncommon tweak here is that the JLA consists of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (John Stewart,) the Flash, Aquaman... and the Atom filling Martian Manhunter's usual seat in the Monitor Womb as Plastic Man pesters him. Pretty neat huh? It's only three pages, so you can click through them pretty swiftly...

• Page One
• Page Two
• Page Three

I like this guy's stuff, and recommend the following artist spotlight tour...

Pablo Alcalde Fernández

• BEFORE NEW 52: BOOSTER GOLD @ BOO$TERRIFIC
• “Wonder Woman - Paradise Island” @ Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman
• “LAST SON OF MARS - Martian Manhunter” @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• “KING OF 7 SEAS - Aquaman” @ Justice League Detroit

2010 “The Atom's Family: Bumblebee” animation-style fan fiction by N:TAS

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N:TAS DCU: The Atom's Family: Bumblebee 10-14-10

"NightwingTAS" continues his Atom animated series concept cavalcade from the Super Buddies message board...

Karen Beecher-Duncan was one of the heroes that joined Donna Troy on her mission during the Infinite Crisis. While away the heroes were caught in a Zeta beam that hit a spacial rift, the rift caused Karen's mass to transfer to Hawkgirl, making Hawkgirl giant and Karen 6 inches. With help from Victor Stone, her friend and fellow former Titan Hawkgirl and Karen were returned to their original statures, but the experience made Karen want to experiment. Karen using her team at S.TA.R. Labs one of which being Eddie Whit. The team developed nanite technology using dwarf star research from Ray Palmer, the Atom. Karen developed a set of nanites to resemble bees and when activated swarmed her body forming her costume including the two yellow streaks in her hair and allows her to mentally control her height changing abilities. Part of her new costume has armbands that Karen has outfited to emit sonnic blasts that she calls her Stingers. Karen and her husband Mal tend to stay behind the scenes but will not hesitate to suit up and join the fray. Karen is also a member of the extended Birds of Prey roster.

I snickered at Bumblebee in her original Teen Titans incarnation, but came to appreciate her as a tragic figure with a broken marriage following 52. I'd keep her status quo in and allegiance to the Giffen/Clark Doom Patrol, though I agree that incorporating nanites and more offensive capabilities would be a plus. I have reservations about bringing Ray Palmer in to invent stuff for her, since I think making him the "brains" both diminishes Karen and creates an Ant-Man/Wasp analogue. However, if Karen is stuck at sixish inches, it only makes sense that she might pursue Ray or the new Doll Man romantically. A possible extension would be for Karen to be jilted and become a resentful frienemy. Now that could be an interesting dynamic!

The Hawkman & The Atom Family mixer continues this week with Nephilim of Hawkworld @ Being Carter Hall

2011 Silver Age Atom color art by Craig C. Cermak II

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Craig Cermak has a lot of love for the Atom and Charlton characters, so don't be surprised if he keeps turning up here. This one is really something! I'd love to see Cermak take on the Tiny Titan in an ongoing series.

"The Atom, or at least the Silver Age Atom… no idea what his new re-design will look like so I went with the classic look. Had fun working on this but it’s pretty late so I’m leaving it loose and incomplete for the time being.

-Craig Cermak"