Top 20 The Atom Villains

The greatest villains of the Atom.

included the enemies of three different Atoms.

Al Pratt, Golden age vigilante, a little guy with a hard punch and acrobatics.
Ray Palmer. A scientist who figured out a way to shrink using a dwarf star meteor.
Ryan Choi, Ray's assistant and his successor.

#20 Classic Ray's villain, Criminal who has a special iron mask that can stun people.
#19 Classic foe of Ray, A magician who uses magic tricks and a gas gun in a robbery.
#18 The leader of the Panther Gang against which Ray has fought.
#17 Bat rider Warriors of the Lilliput people who the crook can control and use to his advantage in his robberies and against Ray.
#16 University professor who hired Choi, actually shapeshifter and an ally of #1 against Ryan.
#15 a tragic radioactive character who was exploited by the Ultra-Humanite to make him a pawn against the All-Star Squadron and Al Pratt, whom he beat a couple of times and gave atomic powers. Atom Smasher's grandfather.
#14 Main villain in "Sword of the Atom" story arc, Ray's Conan the Barbarian period. An evil advisor to Katarthans and King Caellich, driving him towards tyranny.
#13 Jia, Ryan's ex-girlfriend who went insane (like Ray's #7) killed her abusive spouse (HM 2), later hooked up with #1 and became his female version against Ryan.
#12 Crazy scientist of Microverse who worships nothingness and tries to destroy the universe by collapsing the Microverse. Ray's and Ryan's enemy.
#11 Mainly JLA and Teen Titans foe. In fact, Ray was the first superhero he faced solo and created the classic light bulb trap for him.
#10 Ray's first enemy, a classic villain who can teleport objects and people anywhere using Europium.
#9 A criminal mastermind, mainly a Flash villain, but he's also part of Ray's rogues gallery.
#8 Ray's sworn enemy who uses high-tech equipment against him.
#7 Ray's old girlfriend and ex-wife who went insane killing Ray's friend's wife and became new female Eclipso. She was at her worst against Ray in the Blackest Night story arc.
#6 An artificial being who can move from one artificial body to another. Enemy of Ray.
#5 A classic foe of Ray's, a criminal who uses mechanical insects for his crimes.
#4 A technopath, he is often thought of as an enemy of Barbara Gordon and the bat-family. In fact, he started out as Ray's foe and is firmly in his rogues gallery.
#3 An assassin and psychopath with powers similar to the Atom, he can shrink and grow back using a belt. Ryan's arch nemesis.
#2 Master of plants, Woodrue is usually thought of as an enemy of the bat-family and Swamp Thing but he started out as Ray's enemy called Plantmaster and is his main opponents especially in the early days.

#HM1 Assassin who killed Ryan. although he is mainly Teen titans, Nightwing and Green Arrow enemy he deserves at least HM.
#HM2 the three bullies who beat Ryan when he was a student and later were killed by #13. They came back for revenge as zombie ghosts.
#HM3 Al Pratt's Golden Age Enemy. A businessman who seeks revenge on those who betrayed him.
#HM4 A crook and henchman of #1
#HM5 CIA agent who orchestrated destruction of the Katarthan people and killed Ray's beloved princess Laethwen.

#1 Master of Time, a clock-themed villain in the early days. Ray's arch nemesis and clear number one here.