Up and Let's Go

Rumor hath it that DC, possibly in conjucntion with Grant Morrison, "is looking to make The Atom 'a top tier book'." If that's the case, the Filmation cartoon I just watched on Boomerang is an object lesson in how NOT to write the character. Essentially, the Atom used his power of shrinking to six inches in height and controlling his mass and weight to be really, really annoying: To free a group of scientists being held captive, the Atom did things like throw very small rocks at the captors, make the captors trip over things, and, well, tease them. It was all very embarassing to watch, really.