Ground Zero

Atomic Gods and Monsters is an anthology prose series using public domain superheroes. What makes these character unique is that they only appeared in reprinted stories -- with new names. "Earth-R" is a world sparsely populated by costumed crimefighters and criminals. It began in 1940 with X, the Phantom Fed, a master of disguise G-Man, and over the next decade and half, more than a dozen "atomic heroes", ranging from pulp vigilantes to jungle heroines to mystics to occult detectives...
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Atomic Gods and Monsters is an anthology prose series using public domain superheroes. What makes these character unique is that they only appeared in reprinted stories -- with new names. "Earth-R" is a world sparsely populated by costumed crimefighters and criminals. It began in 1940 with X, the Phantom Fed, a master of disguise G-Man, and over the next decade and half, more than a dozen "atomic heroes", ranging from pulp vigilantes to jungle heroines to mystics to occult detectives to advanced technology heroes to scientists to actual superhumans joined him in the crusade against crime. It is now 1954.