Al Pratt aka Smasher

1924-1943
Al Pratt was born to a normal family, and lived a normal life. Although, he was bullied a lot until his adult life for his “skinny” physique. By high school, he was only 98 pounds. Then he enrolled into Calvin College, and met the girl of his dreams, Mary James. Unable to impress her, Al decided to get in touch with elite boxer Joe Morgan (the same man who trained Wildcat), to put him in “fighting” condition. After months of training, it worked. After this, Al decided to join the Vigilante Movement against the war effort. Al was very intimate in the movement, even befriending the core leader of the Vigilante Movement, Alan Scott, using the alias Smasher. Then one day, during a riot Al was participating in, the masked superpowered criminal (they weren’t called metahumans yet); Cyclotron attacked. In a panic, Al charges against the villain, trying to fight him. In the end, Al lost and was left injured at the scene. Although, when he healed and went back to his dorm; he was a lot stronger, able to lift things to heavy before even when he had become muscular. Turns out the exposure to the large amounts of radiation from Cyclotron got in to his genetic code, giving him “atomic level strength.” Inspired by his works in the Vigilante Movement, Al became a vigilante, calling himself the Atom; and even fashioning his costume to look like Cyclotron’s. He would become a mainstay in the new rising hero community, teaming up with Alan many times. He would later be recruited into the Justice Society.

1982-
After the JS’ return in the 80’s, Al would practically stayed the same, hanging around with the JS and doing all of his hero-work. After about a month or two of the JS’ heroic return, Vandal Savage decided to ambush them. He somehow led them to an abandoned warehouse, where him and his new team would start fighting the JS. Although, hurting them wasn’t the full plan. Vandal wanted to take the JS down for good. In 1987, he hatched a plan to take DNA samples from the JS to create a super soldier of his own, one that could defeat them, one that could do a lot of Damage. He used Al as a base, as strength and brutality was the core of this soldier. Then he would take DNA from Wildcat, for agility and healing, after that he took the senses of Dr. Mid Nite, speed from Speed Demon and more. Although all of them were injured, Al was most of all. He was bleeding with bruises and cuts everywhere. After the injuries he received during the fight, Al decided to leave the superhero business, lay low, and maybe even start a family. His dream would come true when he met his wife, Jenny Rothstein. And not to long later, they would have their child, Albert “Al” Jr. Though with the blessing that was the birth of Albert, came a curse. Al’s other son, “Damage,” was attacking the JS while under Vandal Savage’s control. The revelation that Al had to return to the superhero life showed him how much he missed it, which led him to leave his family. Al would finally confront Damage, and actually was able to take him out of Vandal’s control. Overtime Al would stay a part-time superhero, while taking care of Damage as if he was he was his true son. Al would soon retire in the early 2000’s. Only then would he reunite with his son, Albert; who would after their meeting become the superhero Nuklon. Al would actually return to the Justice Society in 2013, taking back on his old name, Smasher.