Ray Palmer (Earth-RSR)

"It's never been so boring becoming as small as an atom!"

- Ray Palmer Ray Palmer, also known as the Atom, is one of the smartest workers and scientists in StarkCorp, that eventually became the second superhero in the world named Atom. He is Anthony Stark's best friend, and the one who made him a superhero after Ray found out that Tony was making a suit of armor that in the future would be Iron Man. The two became partners in crime fighting for a certain amount of time. With Tony, he is the second superhero in the world, only preceeded by Tony himself.

Early Life
"Back in Arkansas, I got an extremely good life. Mom used to cook me good ol' sandwiches when I got home... Dad loved me, I became a smart guy at school... Oh dear. What a memory."

- Ray Palmer about his past Ray Palmer was born in Arkansas, USA. He is the son of a banker and a famous chef in his town. Ray used to have a good past. Being loved by his family, kind hearted, smart, and all of those leads to his success in school. While his parents are immigrants from Ireland, Ray still exhibited a love for American stuffs even those outside Arkansas. Making steaks to herding cows, sometimes, Ray did those things. When he's a teenage, he was pointed as a "Star of the School" due to his insanely high IQ and achievements.

StarkCorp
At some point, when Ray grew up to be a young man, he joined StarkCorps as one of the greatest scientists there. He made some astonishing achievements there, as well as discovering the "Pym Particles" with another brilliant scientist named Henry Pym. Some times after the Pym Particles' discovery by Palmer and Pym, the CEO of the company, Tony Stark himself, began to work with him and be friended with him, to the point that Palmer is his best friend. Together, they make innovations for the US during the Cold War, and in the future, World War 3.

The Tiny Hero
"Let me introduce you to the Atom suit. Yes, don't be surprised, you're gonna be a hero in no time, you can shrink and beat bad guys' ass, and... Kick their ass even more... Hehe..."

- Tony Stark introducing the Atom suit to Ray Palmer At one point, Ray discovered that Anthony, his best friend was making a "mad plan" to become a superhero. Ray found Tony working on the "Iron Man" suit at 3 o'clock in the morning. After a brief argument and conversation, finally, Ray was given by Tony the suit that in the future, will become his superhero persona, the Atom. While Ray was at first reluctant to become a hero, he later accepted the offer of becoming a hero with Stark. After that, Ray became the second superhero in the world, while Stark is the first one. In Palmer's and Stark's early hero careers, they began as "hidden vigilantes" until the public knew their existance (but not their real identities). Palmer and Anthony also fought several major troublemakers in the US, even some of the earliest supervillains...

Project: Meta and Avengers
"Great, first we've become the first and second superhero, now we're spawning 11 superheroes for the US to fight?!

Exactly."

- Ray Palmer and Tony Stark, in the empty Project: Meta laboratory After years away from the Cold War, another war errupted, and it is the third great war, the World War 3. In this time, both Palmer and Stark abandoned their superhero identities to devote themselves to make things for the US to win the third great war. After some times, Ray's partner realized that Russia has used "superhumans" for them to win the war. When Ray heard this, he was extremely surprised that Russia got their own "superheroes", in a group. Even more surprising for Ray is that Stark has a plan of making another superhero group for the US, like Russia, to win the World War, and the plan is approved. This nearly sends Ray unsconcious, but he later worked with Stark in "Project: Meta" in order to assemble a hero group to win the war named the "Avengers". While it took some times, the project was a success.