Tom versus the JLA, number 225, or if I had hair as nice as Ray Palmer's, I wouldn't

cover it up with a mask either.

Welcome back for Justice League of America, number 225, the April 1984 issue entitled

Let There Be Light, written by Joey Cavalieri, and Chuck Patton, penciled by Chuck

Patton, inked by Pablo Marcos, Ben out of the letter, Gene D'Angelo Colors, Alan Gold, editor with a cover by Chuck Patton, penciled by Chuck Patton, inked by Pablo Marcos, Ben out of the letter,

Gene D'Angelo Colors, Alan Gold, editor with a cover by Chuck Patton and Dick Giridano.

We open up with Ray Palmer returning to Ivy College to find out that he's teaching a bunch of crappy first-year courses,

like clap for credit.

Ray Palmer is ruminating on the fact that he just returned from his sword

and sorcery adventure in Central American jungles with tiny aliens, as told him the sword

of the Adam miniseries. Also, his relationship with Gene Loring is falling apart. Why? Because

Gene Loring's crazy and Ray Palmer has emotional issues as well. As he's walking into his

office though, he notices a group of men trying to grab a case out of his office that should have been locked. They're speaking very robotically, and they're moving very slowly. They go to beat the hell out of Ray Palmer. He can't switch into the atom in front of him because he's got a secret identity, but he manages to position himself in such a way that they knock him out of the window, giving you an opportunity to change into

the atom. I love this part, because I always sort of imagine that they just gently brush up against

Ray Palmer, and he sort of does like a European soccer flop out of the window. Changes into his

new costume. New costume, what's different?

I'll tell you what's different.

His hair's flowing, flowing locks.

There's no top to that mask anymore.

And that's good.

If you have hair like Ray Palmer's, why cover that shit up?

Let it flow.

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