Real Life Comics

Since the comic book industry operated on a lead time of several months, the abrupt end of the war in August 1945 caught them by surprise. For the most part, it was early 1946 before writers were able to come out with any atomic-themed comic stories. In January 1946, Real Life Comics placed the atomic bomb on its cover, but the issue lacked any interior story. An unnamed editor, however, wrote a lengthy introduction that set the tone for the next decade ... 

The Atomic Bomb," Real Life Comics 27 (dated 1945 but probably January... 

Other minor atomic figures rose and fell with regularity. Dell s Nukla—in real life Matthew Gibbs—found he could hurl nuclear energy from his fingertips, but (fortunately) this produced no harmful side effects. As the comic carefully explained, Nukla s power was pure atomic energy "There is no fallout and very little radiation as the explosions he creates. .. are products of his nuclear charged will." Nukla lasted for four issues. 

---