ATOM WIZARD

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Drew Lane 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Mutant 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Victory City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Winthrop and Geraldine Lane (deceased parents), Raymond and Arlene Kennedy (deceased grandparents) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Young Heroes Alliance 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: X-Venture #1 (June 1947) 

HEIGHT: 6' 0" 

WEIGHT: 195 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Drew Lane was the son of Professor Winthrop Lane and Geraldine 'Jerry' Kennedy, the daughter of Arlene Louchran and Raymond Kennedy Jr., better known as the former super-villain Radior the X-Ray Powerman. Jerry Kennedy lost her parents and was raised by Chip Foster, aka the Fly. She studied science in college and it was there, in college, where she met Wint Lane, who would be her husband and father of Drew. 

When Drew was still a little boy he lost his mother in strange circumstances, so he was raised by his father alone, with a little help from "Uncle" Chip. The boy grew up and developed special abilities, due to the genetic inheritance of his grandfather. One day, while his father was conducting tests on him, the laboratory was raided by agents of a foreign nation. Davens, Drew's father's lab assistant, had sold them. 

The assailants intended to kidnap the young man. 

To avoid his son being taken away, Wint activated an explosive, killing himself and the criminals, but leaving his son alive. Drew was found by a woman, Myrna, who offered herself to help him, even though she was actually another agent. Myrna led Drew to her leader, the commander of a rogue submarine. They planned to use the atomic power that Drew possessed to take over the world. Drew was forced to use that power to destroy the submarine and thus neutralize the threat. In the wake of these events, Drew made the decision to become the Atom Wizard to honor the memory of his father, fighting the forces of evil. 

Drew joined other sons and descendants of members of the Crime Smashers to form the Young Heroes Alliance. He and his teammate Alana Silversides, aka She-Wolf, began dating shortly after joining the team. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Drew possesses most of his grandfather's powers (superhuman strength, invulnerable to damage, energy projection and X-ray vision) with the exception of the ability to fly. 

FLY-MAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Charles Foster 
OCCUPATION: Boxer, adventurer, scientist 
IDENTITY: Secret 
CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal records 
OTHER ALIASES: Chip, The Fly 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Harvey City, USA 
MARITAL STATUS: Single 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Professor Maximilian Foster (deceased father) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Crime Smashers, Battle Squadron 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Harvey City, USA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Spitfire Comics #1 (Aug. 1941)

HEIGHT: 5' 11"  
WEIGHT: 185 lbs  
EYES: Blue 
HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

Charles "Chip" Foster was the heavyweight champion contender in 1940. Bill Banks, a gangster, offered him $2,000 in exchange for being knocked out in the title fight, but Chip, ignoring the offer, beat his opponent and was crowned world heavyweight champion. 

His father, Dr. Maximilian Foster was a scientist working on an invention that would help win the coming war: a device capable of shrinking people to the size of insects. Chip volunteered as an experimental subject to test the machine, shrinking to the size of a fly. The strain of the change left him unconscious but stable. However, just then, gangsters led by Banks burst into the lab looking for Chip. Not finding him, they killed the old man and set fire to the lab. 

The fire woke Chip, who managed to escape, albeit horribly disfigured by the flames. 

Fortunately, the young Foster, despite being the size of a fly, had maintained his original strength, so swearing to avenge his father, he took a uniform that his father had designed for him and calling himself "The Fly", he set out to hunt down Banks and his minions. Since then, Chip has dedicated his life to fighting crime in honor of his father. 

The Fly was a member of the Crime Smashers and also the Battle Squadron. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Charles Foster was a physical wonder, a true heavyweight champion. But Chip was much more than just a bunch of muscles, Chip had also inherited his father's intellect and was a brilliant scientist himself. The shrinking machine compressed most of his body mass, making him tiny, but tremendously strong and resistant. His Fly suit, designed by his father, was amazing. The fabric was flame retardant and highly resistant to damage. It included a cape that could become rigid in free fall, acting like a paraglider. But the most important thing is that Dr. Maximilian Foster had hidden the key to reverting to normal human size in Chip's uniform.