Kevin Leonardo (Earth-616)

Atom Smasher

Real Name

Kevin Leonardo ^[1]

Current Alias

Atom Smasher

Status

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

American

Occupation

Ecoterrorist, former nuclear plant worker

Characteristics^[4]

Gender

Male

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Weight

195 lbs (88.45 kg) (formerly; currently unknown)

Eyes

Yellow (no visible irises; formerly brown)

Hair

No Hair (formerly brown)

Unusual Features

Glowing transparent skin

Origin

Mutated

Universe

Earth-616

Creators

Len Kaminski, Kevin Hopgood

First Appearance
Iron Man #287 (December, 1992)

History

A worker in a nuclear plant, Leonardo discovered the unethical, illegal waste treatment and threatened the plant owners with legal action. The owners instead kidnapped Leonardo and then disposed of him elsewhere, along with the radioactive residues.

This mutated Leonardo and gave him his powers, but also disfigured him. Leonardo became an eco-terrorist, wanting to destroy the plant - which would kill many people, but also gave the world something to think.^[2] The new Iron Man (Jim Rhodes) opposed to this disguised "Atom Smasher" and, when he proved not enough,^[3] the government sent the new Firepower.

However, when Rhodes discovered Leonardo's origin and motivations, he made a deal with him: Iron Man's company Stark International, at that point chaired by Rhodes, would close down its nuclear issues and organize a media company. When Iron Man helped Atom Smasher against a too-eager, violent Firepower, at great cost to Iron Man himself, the Atom Smasher was convinced and left, giving Rhodes a chance to fulfill his promise.^[2]