Atlas The Mighty

The house of unintentionally hysterical heroes that was Great Comics Publications had their own strongman good guy referred to only as Atlas the Mighty, no relation to I.W. Publishing's recycled Charles Atlas character of Atlas: Man of Might who wouldn't be seen until two decades later. Claiming a solo appearance in the first issue of Choice Comics, an ironically named Paul Powers, this OG Atlas was a standard muscle man with super strength that only wore blue briefs with a monogram belt along with a matching pair of boots who had his own helpline for people to contact him through telegram. Where exactly he lived and how he got set up as a hero for hire doesn't get shown as this was only a 5-page story, even though it is hinted in the opening narrative that he sprung from the pages of history. Thie means he could be the original Atlas of myth shrunken down to human height and gained access to a time machine. Atlas gets a ring from a CCC camp as their water was poisoned, so the beefcake dives down a well to check the water supply which is contaminated by a leaky vat in the underground lair of fifth columnists. A British spy lady tracked down the traitors to their hideout that Atlas rescued her from and informs him of the bad guys plans to smuggle stolen weapons to Canada. Atlas prevents their escape to the Great White North by throwing a tree at them. The border patrol doesn't believe Atlas' claims at first, but the spy woman somehow validates his status as a professional superhero, mostly because he is sporting the trademark shorts. Atlas the Mighty was a forgotten number of Golden Age heroes who along with being featured in failing small press publisher didn't gain any fanbase in his one-shot deal of an adventure.