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Atomic Skull

The Atomic Skull is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an enemy of Superman. The character first appeared in 1978.

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Publisher
DC Comics
Abilities
Superhuman strength, stamina, and durability · Atomic blasts · Resurrection · Genius-level intellect · Power augmentation
Alter ego
Albert Michaels Joseph Martin
Created by
(Albert Michaels) Gerry Conway Curt Swan (Joseph Martin) Roger Stern Bob McLeod
First appearance
(Albert Michaels) Superman #303 (September 1976) (Michaels as the Atomic Skull) Superman #323 (May 1978) (Joseph Martin) The Adventures of Superman #483 (October 1991) (Martin a…
Notable aliases
(Joseph Martin) Skull

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Atomic Skull

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples99
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
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Atomic Skull

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related to Television · 19
Atomic Skull → Albert Michaels, Fugitive, Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society, Injustice League, Justice League Unlimited, Kryptonian, Lex Lang, Lois, Max Mittelman, My Adventures, Powerless, Revelation, Space, Superman, Task Force, The Albert Michaels, The Joseph Martin, This, Young Justice
related to Albert Michaels · 18
Atomic Skull → After, Albert Michaels, Felicia, Following Crisis, He, However, Infinite Earths, It, Labs, Lightning, Man, Michaels, SKULL, Steel, Superman, Swearing, Teen Titans Spotlight, Thunder
related to Joseph Martin · 15
Atomic Skull → Cured, Doctor Electron, Dominators, During, He, Labs, Later, Lois Lane, Martin, Neron, Skull's, Student Joseph Martin, Superman, Underworld Unleashed, Zelda Wentworth
related to Film · 14
Atomic Skull → An, Dee Bradley Baker, Elite, Eventually, Following, Justice League, Manchester Black, Rick, Stryker's Island, Superman, Teen Titans, The Elite, The Joseph Martin, Wasserman
related to history · 9
Atomic Skull → Bob McLeod, Curt Swan, Martin Pasko, May, Roger Stern, Superman, The Adventures, The Albert Michaels, The Joseph Martin
Abilities · 5
Atomic Skull → Atomic blasts, Genius-level intellect, Power augmentation, Resurrection, Superhuman strength, stamina, and durability
related to Flashpoint · 4
Atomic Skull → An, Doom, Flashpoint, Joseph Martin
related to Miscellaneous · 3
Atomic Skull → Free Comic Book Day, The Albert Michaels, Young Justice
related to Video games · 3
Atomic Skull → DC Comics Adventure, Scribblenauts Unmasked, The Joseph Martin
is a · 2
Atomic Skull → student named Joseph Martin who gained his powers when the Dominators detonated a gene bomb, supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics

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skull atomic superman michaels martin joseph albert appears incarnation first dc labs powers version comics energy appeared league appearance blasts

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Atomic SkullAbilitiesSuperhuman strength, stamina, and durability1.00infobox
Atomic SkullAbilitiesAtomic blasts1.00infobox
Atomic SkullAbilitiesResurrection1.00infobox
Atomic SkullAbilitiesGenius-level intellect1.00infobox
Atomic SkullAbilitiesPower augmentation1.00infobox
Atomic SkullAlter egoAlbert Michaels Joseph Martin1.00infobox
Atomic SkullCreated by(Albert Michaels) Gerry Conway Curt Swan (Joseph Martin) Roger Stern Bob McLeod1.00infobox
Atomic SkullFirst appearance(Albert Michaels) Superman #303 (September 1976) (Michaels as the Atomic Skull) Superman #323 (May 1978) (Joseph Martin) The Adventures of Superman #483 (October 1991) (Martin a…1.00infobox
Atomic SkullNotable aliases(Joseph Martin) Skull1.00infobox
Atomic SkullPublisherDC Comics1.00infobox
Atomic SkullSpeciesMetahuman1.00infobox
Atomic SkullTeam affiliations(Albert Michaels) SKULL S.T.A.R. Labs Secret Society of Super Villains Injustice League (Joseph Martin) Secret Society of Super Villains1.00infobox
Atomic Skullis asupervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics0.90text
Atomic Skullis astudent named Joseph Martin who gained his powers when the Dominators detonated a gene bomb0.90text

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