Grant Morrison's fingerprints are all over the All New Atom. And this Morrison is channelling Kirby at his craziest, as you can tell by the opening scene. A floating head is talking in broken English:
We have warning you. We have kill any sentient who is not cooperate. You have been warning by us. Death or Submission. Death or Submission.
You have to give Gail Simone credit for implementing such a wonderful premise, but I wonder who came up with the dialog in this scene? The first issue of the new Atom starts off slowly, introducing us to Dr. Ryan Choi, who was a correspondant of Ray Palmer. Choi finds a mysterious microscopic message that leads him to Palmer's size changing belt. After an initial micro-romp in his study, narrowly avoiding a rat, Choi dissects the belt's properties with fellow scientists. Meanwhile a pack of sentient dogs are waiting to kill Choi and conquer the Justice League. Byrne has fun drawing larger than life objects. This could be a romp if the concepts are further developed as time goes on. Nuff said.
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