Atlas

Atlas (Erik Josten), formerly Power Man, Smuggler and Goliath, is a fictional character, a former supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe and a former member of the Thunderbolts. The character first appeared as Power Man in Avengers vol. 1 #21 (Oct 1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Erik Josten was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A former AWOL Marine turned mercenary, he is employed by Baron Heinrich Zemo as head of his South American security/mercenary force. After Zemo's death Josten is convinced by the Enchantress to undergo the same 'ionic-ray' treatment (from a machine invented by Zemo) as Simon Williams (Wonder Man), making Josten super-strong (though not as strong as Wonder Man since the treatment was...