Superman Comics: The Man of Steel Dub
drfunk98 for Atomic Skull / Albert Michaels
Albert Michaels was a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist on a submarine when an accident resulted in a flooding of the submarine and it crashing to the ocean floor. Michaels escaped, but not without being exposed to the experimental radiation on the submarine. He emerged from the depths and swam to a nearby island. On the island, he relived memories of a lost lover. He survived eating native vegetation, but soon, as a result of a leopard attack, discovered he could emit radiation from his mouth, and disintegrates the cat. He then used his power to animals on the island and create shelter from rock faces. Eventually, the radiation took a toll on him, as he also began to recall his fiancé flirting with another man at a dance club and Michaels had murdered the object of her flirtations. He also recalled leaving on the S.T.A.R. submarine. As a result of his recollection, he angrily destroyed a large part of the island with his radiation blast. The wear on his face caused by the radiation resulted in his face melting away from his skull.
...Because no one remembers Albert Michaels anymore! He's as good as dead... ...And in his place stands "the Atomic Skull," whose brain emits bursts of destructive energy... ...that are powerful enough... ...to affect even you!
My disease is progressive-- And my life expectancy is shortened with every seizure! My own brain is literally destroying me! And because you jailed the only men who could possibly repair the implant... You, Superman, have doomed me! But before I die-- I'll see you dead, too!
Sir, you speak like a mortal... Have you not exchanged the futility of life-death for the immortality of half-life?! Then allow me to show you the way!
