Contents 1 HistoryEdit 1.1 Origin 1.2 Suicide Squad 1.3 Blackest Night 2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 3 Related 4 LinksEdit 4.1 Discover and Discuss 4.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

Origin

Adam Cray was the son of the murdered Senator Cray. At first Cray was widely believed to be Ray Palmer in disguise (by both the fans and the characters). Actually Cray had been recruited by Palmer himself, who faked his death, in order to apprehend the Micro Squad (a group of villains that had been shrunk down) as well as uncover information about a shadowy government cabal, who were interested in Palmer's knowledge of the other heroes' secret identities (his own identity being no longer a secret).

While Palmer infiltrated the Micro Squad, Cray gathered the attention of the Cabal as the new Atom, so that no one would notice Palmer assuming the identity of a fallen Micro Squad member.

Suicide Squad

Adam Cray ran with the Suicide Squad only for a short while, serving as a secret weapon most of the time, and his existence was for a while even unknown to others of the Squad. Cray even saves a wounded Amanda Waller from a group of assassins. At one point, Cray approaches Deadshot about the fact that Deadshot had murdered his father. Deadshot tells Cray that he would get one free shot at him. Soon after, on a mission, Cray is impaled through the chest by Blacksnake, a Micro Squad member who believes him to be Palmer.

After the murder of Cray (a move Palmer had not foreseen), Palmer reveals himself and defeats Cray's murderer. The ruse ended, Palmer explains himself to the Justice League, who had been searching for him, after hearing rumors of a new Atom.

Blackest Night

Adam's corpse is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps alongside several other fallen Suicide Squad members.^[1] Following his reanimation, Adam and the other Black Lanterns travel to Belle Reve and attack Bane and Black Alice.^[2] Adam is apparently destroyed by the Manhunter's self destruct mechanism to unleashing an explosion of Green Lantern energy that eradicates the Black Lanterns.^[3]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

• Size Alteration: Like others who carry the name Atom, Cray had the power to shrink. The lower limits of this power are unknown.

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)

Related

• 15 Appearances of Adam Cray (New Earth)
• 3 Images featuring Adam Cray (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Adam Cray (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Adam Cray (New Earth)

LinksEdit

 

• Adam Cray (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org 
• "The Atom" profile at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe

Discover and Discuss

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Suicide Squad #67
2. ↑ Secret Six (Volume 3) #17
3. ↑ Secret Six (Volume 3) #18

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