#doctor Solar man of the atom

[chernobog13]

DOCTOR SOLAR, MAN OF THE ATOM (vol. 1) #13 (July, 1965). Cover by George Wilson.

Asteroid, shmasteriod! It urns out Doctor Solar is the real reason the dinosaurs were wiped out!

[evilhorse]

Quickly, he converts the matter in his body into a radiating atomic fireball…

(Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #9)

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ECCC 2023 purchases: The Origin of the Defiant Universe 1 (Cover art by Alan Weiss) and Secrets of the Valiant Universe 1 (Cover art by Bernard Chang and Paul Autio).

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Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom 5 (2011) by Michael Komarck

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Doctor Solar, Man of The Atom #28 Cover Re-Creation by Frank Bolle #comicart #comicbookart

[8crimson]

My Superhero team #3

Martian Manhunter- J'onn J'onzz, law officer, lone survior, and Choco addict.

Powers: Intellect, shapeshifting, invisiblity, phasing, super strength, super durability, super speed, flight, enhanced senses, telepathy, and telekinesis.

first appearance: Detective Comics #225

Astra- Hope Corrigan, cancer survivor, chatholic, and always gets through hardships.

Powers and tools: Tactics, social skills, super strength, super durability, and flight. Uses a 100 pound maul called "Malleus".

first appearance: Wearing the Cape

Doctor Solar- Raymond Solar, nuclear physicist, formerly human now living nuclear powerplant.

Powers and tools: Intelect, matter-to-energy conversion, and flight. Uses radiation proof clothes and glasses when not superheroing.

first appearance: Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom #1

Invincible- Mark Grayson, guy trying to be a hero while trying to be a person, and a bit of a hot head.

Powers: Intellect, super strength, invulnerability, healing factor, and flight.

first appearance: Invincible #1

Radiant Black- Marshall Ward, the second guy to hold the power, is a bit of a jerk but gets better.

Powers: Gravity manipulation.

first appearance: Radiant Black #1

Blue Marvel- Dr. Adam Brashear, scientist, hero, worked hard for both.

Powers: Intellect, anti-matter manipulation, energy manipulation, super strength, nigh invulnerability, super speed, flight, and enhanced mental perception.

first appearance: Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel #1

Maxima- Maximillia Leander, soldier, tactician, wants to be taken seriously.

Powers and tools: Tactics, super strength, super speed, super durability, energy blasts, and power reserve that can be focused into a specific attribute. Carries a firearm with enough kick to effect other supers.

first appearance: Grrl power #35

[romanadvora]

The Edge of Destruction

season 001 : story 003 : episodes 012-013

08 - 15 FEB 1964 || 27 - 28 JAN 2023

EPISODE ONE

This is possibly due to the story being so short, making the dialogue more distinct, but my god the dialogue here is great. The paranoia over whether there’s something intruding in the ship is well done, and everyone’s acting.. off.. after being knocked out definitely adds to the tension. \

Ian absentmindedly making observations of the Doctor is just so funny – just robotically pointing at the Doctor passed out on the floor asking “who’s that”.

The music at the start of the episode is really quite eerie, which matches quite well to the shadowy, claustrophobic story – “I never noticed the shadows before. It's so silent on the ship”. In light of some serials potentially being colourised for the 60th anniversary… this wouldn’t work nearly as well if it weren’t in black and white. 

As The Daleks was Ian’s big moment for going up against the Doctor, this is Barbara’s; 

“How dare you! Do you realise, you stupid old man, that you'd have died in the Cave of Skulls if Ian hadn't made fire for you? [...] And what about what we went through against the Daleks? Not just for us, but for you and Susan too. And all because you tricked us into going down to the city. [...] Accuse us? You ought to go down on your hands and knees and thank us. But gratitude's the last thing you'll ever have, or any sort of common sense either”. Jacqueline Hill’s performance builds to the great writing, and the scene becomes pure gold. 

The Doctor continuing to be a try-hard cryptic and one-liner is evermore enjoyable; “Frankly, Doctor, I find it hard to keep pace with you” – “You mean to keep one jump ahead. That you will never be. You need my knowledge and ability to apply it, and then you need my experience to gain the fullest results”. Him trying to get out of apologising to Barbara saying there’s no need for such “rash action” is hilarious. 

EPISODE TWO

While episode one had all the great dialogue based conflict, this has the sciency reasoning behind everything and despite how out there and bizarre it is… I kinda love it..? The mass of a solar system gravitationally attracting the energy inside the TARDIS core? Alright. The TARDIS preemptively stopping itself from flying to its destruction and causing a sort of time lock? Moffat might owe part of his first season to this. The quick return switch has a broken spring allowing for the fault detector to correctly say there’s no technological fault in the ships’ equipment.. a great resolution to the story’s mystery. And about the previously mentioned mass of a solar system attracting the TARDIS’ energy… “I know. I know. I said it would take the force of a total solar system to attract the power away from my ship. We're at the very beginning, the new start of a solar system. Outside, the atoms are rushing towards each other. Fusing, coagulating, until minute little collections of matter are created. And so the process goes on, and on until dust is formed. Dust then becomes solid entity. A new birth; of a sun and its planets”. The cinematography of this scene; the Doctor leaning backwards against the control column with incredible shadows all around him as he narrates this scientific process to the audience… chef’s kiss. It’s gorgeous. 

I really like the ending of this story; as previously mentioned, Doctor Who likely would’ve just had these first 13 episodes if not for the immediate chokehold Dalekmania had on the public. Possibly influenced by that, this feels very.. season-finale-esq; the Doctor has made his apologies to Ian and Barbara, and although they’re not enthusiastic about their situation, they’ve seemingly embraced it – all of them donning large winter coats to go out exploring while Susan runs into the ship and attacks them with snow. They just have this very organic familial feeling and I absolutely love it. 

So yeah this is definitely my favourite broadcast story so far (counting An Unearthly Child's broadcast first epsiode as it's own story is the only possibility for competition).

★★★★½

[robertiamlegendneville]

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Vintage Comic - Doctor Solar, Man Of The Atom #018

Pencils: George Wilson Inks: George Wilson Colors: George Wilson Goldkey (Dec1966)

[chernobog13]

Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (vol. 1) #17 (September, 1966). Cover by George Wilson.

[evilhorse]

I-I feel the might of the universe within me…refreshed…new-born…

(Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #10)

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Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #12

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In which I am reminded of one of my favorite comic book runs, Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom from 1962-1965. 

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[postapocalypticflimflam]

Microscopic? More like adorable.

Illustration by George Wilson

the cover to Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (1962) #21 by George Wilson

[churnobill]

Remember that time I dressed up as Doctor Solar? No? Anyone?