The All-New Atom Series by Gail Simone, Roger Stern

Best-selling author Gail Simone helps launch the career of an all-new hero bearing the mantle of the Atom -- a hero who shrinks in size to battle evil Strange things are happening in Ivy Town. In fact, it appears that the whole town's been experimented on for decades. Enter Ryan Choi -- the young hotshot professor filling the empty slot on Ivy University's teaching staff.. moreBest-selling author Gail Simone helps launch the career of an all-new hero bearing the mantle of the Atom -- a hero who shrinks in size to battle evil Strange things are happening in Ivy Town. In fact, it appears that the whole town's been experimented on for decades. Enter Ryan Choi -- the young hotshot professor filling the empty slot on Ivy University's teaching staff...and who inadvertently fills the role as the all-new super-heroic Atom Can Choi make a difference in a town more creepy and mysterious than anyone ever realized? And can he live up the towering legend of his predecessor, the original Atom, Ray Palmer? less

In this second Atom trade paperback, collecting issues #7-11, the tiny titan encounters a man with a strange connection to the mysterious Time Pool — and a dangerous connection to the deadly Linear Men.

Originally issued in single magazine form as: The all new Atom #12-16.