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ants as transportation for
hearing and speaking ability of
Iron Man saved by
mass and density of
materials science and
miniaturization of
origin of
punching ability of
“Pym particles” and
spring- loaded catapult of
vision of
ants, neurons of
Aquaman
breathing underwater
fish telepathy and
strength of
super-swimming speed of
tough skin of
archery
arrows, trick
Asimov, Isaac
Astonishing X Men
,
Astounding Stories
astrophysics.
See also
stars
Atlantis
atmosphere.
See also
air
atmospheric pressure
atmospheric temperature
Atom (Ray Palmer)
breathing of
costumes of
Golden vs. Silver Age
hearing of
micro-worlds and
miniaturization of
miniaturization of, and matter-waves
origin of, and white-dwarf meteorite found by
size and mass control by
telephone travel by
thermal air current travel by
Time Pool and-
vision of
Atom
,
Atom
Atom
Atom
,
Atom
,
Atom
,
Atom Comics
atomic bombs
atomic grenade
atomic magnetic moments
atoms.
See also
chemical bonds; electrons; neutrons; protons
average energy per
Brownian motion and
chemical bonds and
chemical stacking of
crystalline vs. amorphous structure of
drag and friction and
electrically charged.
See
ions
electrostatics and
energy levels of electrons in, and quantum physics
food and energy and
light and Schrödinger equation and
magnetic fields and
mass and density and
microwave heating and
micro-worlds and
miniaturization and
nuclei of
phase transitions and
quantum vs. classical mechanics and
size of
synthesis of, in core of stars
vibrational frequency of
Aunt May (Spider-Man’s relative)
automatic door openers
automobile
air bags and
centripetal acceleration and
hybrid
kinetic energy and
static electricity and
Autumn, Keller
Avengers
Avengers
,
Avengers
,
Avengers
,
Avengers
,
Avengers
,
Avengers
,
average values, quantum mechanics and
axis of rotation
Baade, Walter
Ballard, Carl (Atom foe)
Bardeen, John
Bartman Comics
,
Batcave
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Batman Begins
(film)
Bat-Mite (Batman imp)
Beast (Henry McCoy)
Beetle (villain)
Bell Laboratories
Bernoulli effect
Bester, Alfred
“Beware the Atomic Grenade” (
Flash
)
Big Bang
binding or bonding energy
birds
Bizarro planet
Black Canary
Black Condor
black holes
Black Mask
Blob (X Men foe)
Bloch, Robert
blood, magnetism and
blubber
Blue Beetle
body, human or animal
biological limits of size of
cells and functions of
diamagnetism of
temperature, energy need to maintain
Bohr, Niels
boiling, bubbling and.
See also
phase transition
bones, strength of
Boole, George
Boolean logic
Booth, John Wilkes
Boraz, Toughy (Flash foe)
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine)
bow
Bradbury, Ray
brain
“brain amplifier,”
Brave and the Bold
Brave and the Bold
,
Brittain, Walter
Broglie, Louis de
Broome, John
Brotherhood of Evil (Doom Patrol foes)
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (X Men foes)
Brown, Buster
Brown, Robert
Brownian motion
Bruttu (foe)
bubbles
buildings
Electro using electric rays to climb up
Flash running up sides of
Spider-Man swinging from
Superman lifting
bullet
Flash stopping
passing through Kitty Pryde
Wonder Woman deflecting
buoyancy
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Buscema, John
butterfly effect
Byrd, Senator (Iron Man character)
Byrne, John
Byzantine Empire
calendar, Gregorian vs. Julian
caloric fluid (phlogiston)
calories physicist’s vs. nutritionist’s
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
shield of
Captain Cold (Flash foe)
Captain Marvel (Avengers heroine)
Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)
carbon atoms
chemical bonds of
diamonds and
electron orbits in
liquid crystals and
scanning tunneling microscope image of
carbon dioxide
carbon nanotube
Carr, Dr. John (scientist in
World’s Finest
)
Carter, John (Burroughs character)
“Case of the Innocent Thief, The” (
Atom # 4
)
cat.
See
Schrödinger’s cat
Catwoman
CD players
cell phones
center of mass or gravity
centripetal acceleration
Cerebro (amplifier)
“Challenge of Comrade X, The” (
Tales to Astonish
)
“Challenge of the Weather Wizard, The” (
Flash
)
Challengers of the Unknown
Chandler, Raymond
Charleton Comics
chemical bonds.
See also
atoms
covalent
covalent, vs. metallic
defined
food energy and
fossil fuel energy and
materials science and
microwave weapon and
phase transitions and
quantum mechanics and
tuning microwave weapon and
chemical stacking
Chief (Doom Patrol leader)
Chronos the Time Thief (Atom foe)
classroom chairs analogy, solid-state physics and.
See also
orchestra chairs analogy
clouds
cobalt
Cockdrum, Dave
Colan, Gene
Colbert, Stephen
Cold War
color
of light
of sun
Colossal Boy
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
Coma cluster of galaxies
comic books.
See also
superhero comic books
attacked by politicians
education and
near collapse of, in mid-1950s
origin and early history of
science correct in
synchronicity of ideas in
Western
Comics Code Authority (CCA)
comic strips, early
Communism
composite materials
computers
conduction, thermal.
See also
convection
conduction oven
conductors, electrical
conservation of energy
Big Bang and
bow and
defined
electrical generation and
First Law of Thermodynamics and
food and
Iron Man’s flight and
photons and quantum jump and
swimming speeds and
conservation of momentum
contact electrification
convection, thermal
convection oven
Conway, Gerry
Cooke, Darwyn
Cosmic Boy
cosmic rays
Cosmic Treadmill
Coulomb, Charles
Coulomb equation
covalent bonds
Crime SuspenStories
Crime Syndicate of America
Crimson Dynamo (Iron Man foe)
“Crisis on Earth-2,”
“Crisis on Earth-X,”
“Crisis on Infinite Earths” (miniseries)
cross-sectional area, strength and
crystalline configuration
phase transition and
quartz vs. glass and
crystalline solid
cube-square law
cuneiform letters
curved geometry theory
Cussler, Ed
Custer, General
Cyclops (Scott Summers)
optic force beams of
Daniels, Les
Danning, Victor (crooked ex-scientist)
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
Daredevil
,
Dark Age of comic books
dark energy
Dark Knight Strikes Again # 1, The
Dark Matter
Darwin, Charles
Davisson, Clinton
DC Comics
DC: The New Frontier
(Cooke)
“Deadly Diamonds of Doom, The” (
Atom #15
)
death ray
deceleration .
See also
acceleration
degenerate matter
Delacorte, George
density
black holes and
cube-square law and
fluid, and resistance of
limits of, in planets
micro-world and shrinking
neutron stars and
shrinking and nonconstant
sound waves and
Vision’s control of
water and
white dwarf meteorite and
Depression, Economic
depth, pressure and
Despero (JLA foe)
Detective Comics
,
Detective Comics
,
Detective Fiction Weekly
deuterium nucleus
DeWitt, Bryce
diamagnetic materials
diamond
covalent bonds and
diffraction
dimensions, number of
diodes
direct current (DC)
Discovering the Natural Laws
(Rothman)
displacement
distance
conservation of energy and
electrical current and
electric and magnetic fields and
electromagnetic waves and
electrostatics and
forces and motion and
impulse and momentum and
Newton’s law of gravity and
simple harmonic motion and
sound waves and
thermodynamics and
torque and rotation and
distribution syndicates
Ditko, Steve
Doc Savage
Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)
Doctor Light (Atom foe)
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
dolphin, speed of
domains, magnetism and
“Don’t Laugh at the Comics” (Richard)
“Doom of the Star Diamond” (
JLA
)
Doom Patrol
Doppler effect
drag forces, friction and resistance and
bubbles in beer and
water and no-slip zone and
Dr. Manhattan (Jon Osterman)
Dr. Strange
DVD players
Earth.
See also
atmosphere
acceleration due to gravity on
age of
density of
diameter of
gravitational field of
orbit of
orbit of moon and
rotation of
Earths, parallel
changing history through time travel and
Flash and
infinite number of
Justice League of America and
Schrödinger’s Cat and quantum mechanics and
eddy current
Educational Comics
efficiency
conservation of energy and
laws of thermodynamics and entropy and
Egghead (Ant Man foe)
Einstein, Albert .
See also
relativity
Brownian motion and
quantum of light energy and
elastic material
Elasti-Girl (Rita Farr)
electrical charges or bolts
ability to store and discharge
attraction and repulsion and
defined
electric field and
grounding and
magnetic field and
electrical currents
generation of, and moving magnetic field
generation of, and solar cell
grounding and
magnetic fields and
resistance and
short circuit and
electrical dynamo and power plants
electrical energy, measurement of
electrical field
oscillating, and microwave device
electricity, symmetry between
magnetism and Electro (Max Dillon)
discharging lightning bolts
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