Saturday, August 07, 2010

Why does Atom-Smasher wear that mask?

Is it to protect his secret identity as Albert Rothstein? Is it to honor his godfather, the Golden Age Atom, who wore a similar mask?

No.

Apparently he wears it to hide the fact that he doesn't have a mouth on his face. Instead, his mouth is located somewhere along his inner left thigh, if the placement of that dialogue bubble is any indication.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Could be worse.

JohnF said...

Does he even have a secret ID? He's over 7 feet tall even as a civilian, so it's not like he keeps a low profile.

Hdefined said...

See, this is when a dick joke would have been warranted.