tupapayon at 7:19PM, Oct. 3, 2014

Radiation... The stuff that has made many superheroes... So she was bitten by a radioactive Bob and became Fusion... Actually... Hydrogen can't be that dangerous... Unless Hindenburg comes to mind....

EssayBee at 9:09AM, Oct. 3, 2014

mhalpern--I know. A number of folks have asked about radiation, hard gamma, and such, so I just threw that tidbit in there as explanation.

mhalpern at 9:48PM, Oct. 1, 2014

I wasn't talking about the radiation itself, protons aren't harmful, they are hydrogen atoms missing an electron..

EssayBee at 12:55PM, Oct. 1, 2014

mhalpern--Yeah, Fusion primarily fuses hydrogen; even in relative vacuum of space (read Crossoverkill--which takes place between Issues 11 and 12--to see Fusion in space) there's about 1 atom of hydrogen per cubic centimeter. As for Fracture . . . it'll be discussed later, but there's a reason he erupted from the ground instead of dropping from the sky. As for fusion and fission by-products . . . the harmful energies emitted (radiation and such) are actually consumed by Bob's kind--that's their food.

mhalpern at 11:29AM, Oct. 1, 2014

Before you can fuse atoms together up to the point where you get iron before the process itself looses energy, when you break up molecules in fission you either knock off a proton or a neutron from the atom, hydrogen contains one proton and one electron, and is the most easily fused element.

tupapayon at 11:33AM, Sept. 30, 2014

(?_?) proton , iron... What? ... All I know is that I know nothing...

mhalpern at 7:21AM, Sept. 30, 2014

And considering Fracture is the only being able to theoretically negate Fusion's powers, we might see a lot of lead and iron being produced by their fight, seeing as lead is where profitable fission hard stops and iron is where profitable fusion hard stops... I wonder if people (with scientific equipment) have noticed the increased helium levels in the air in certain areas, or if its not significantly large enough to cause any concern. That said one common by product of fission is loose protons otherwise known as hydrogen so save for the heavier materials for fission, it should balance out...