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Cyclotron (character)

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Curtis' daughter, similarly named Terri, entered the custody of Firebrand and the Atom. The two served as godparents to Terri's baby, with Curtis' ex-lover Firebrand raising the child herself. Though cured of any potential radiation poisoning, Terri had evidently absorbed a large dose of her father's
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scientist in the 1930s and 1940s named Terry Curtis (born Terrence Kurtzenberg, he had later Anglicized his name). In the past, he had had a brief romantic relationship with Dannette Reilly, the second
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and allowing himself to blow up. Inspired by this selfless sacrifice (and the super-power left in its wake), the Atom would later adopt a costume patterned after Cyclotron's own.
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who has knowledge of every superhero and supervillain, can perform a powerful "twister punch", and is mostly incapable of independent thought.
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on a molecular level. He can even sap his opponent's physique by touching them. He additionally possesses expertise in
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The first Cyclotron has immense strength, the ability to fly, project blasts of atomic energy, and manipulate
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energy and passed the side effects to her son Albert who became the hero Nuklon (later
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Used as a pawn by the villain, Curtis was forced to go up against the heroic
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action figure line and its tie-in comic. This version, also known as
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to kill him and then activated the bomb in his body, detonating him.
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The Terry Curtis incarnation of Cyclotron as depicted in
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The second Cyclotron is capable of generating energy.
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is the name of two different characters appearing in
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An original incarnation of Cyclotron appears in the
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Cyclotron (comics)

Jerry Ordway
Publisher
First appearance
Metahuman
Superhuman strength
Flight
American comic books
DC Comics
Justice Society
Atom
Atom Smasher
Superman
Ultra-Humanite
Roy Thomas
supervillain
All-Star Squadron
DC Comics
Golden Age
atomic
Firebrand
Ultra-Humanite
Delores Winters
All-Star Squadron
Atom
atmosphere
Atom Smasher
DC Rebirth
The New 52

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