Powers and Abilities
- Jack Kirby's Atlas has superhuman strength, agility and invulnerability sufficient to fight Superman hand-to-hand.
- According to his updated origin, Atlas' strength, agility and invulnerability derive from the glowing alien crystal he took from the Crystal Mountain.
- Originally he carried the crystal or wore it close to his body, later Chagra found a way to have Atlas absorb the crystal into his body, this process also caused Atlas to become unstuck in time.
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