Randy Roach (Muscle, Smoke, & Mirrors, Volume 1, 2008) wrote …

“During his sojourn, Greenstein would gaze at depictions of the Biblical Samson and his shoulder-length hair and dream of one day possessing such amazing strength. Volanko did, in fact, teach Joseph one of Samson’s advantages, the Nazarite diet.”

According to Judges 13:5 …

“You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazarite, dedicated to God from the womb.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7jQ-KL2Z_o

He was only 5’4″ tall and weighed 140 pounds.

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The Mighty Atom learned the secrets of “low and high breathing” from the Russian strongman Champion Volanko and the Punjabi wrestler The Great Gama.

He exercised at Lung Time (3:00-5:00 a.m.), curing himself of asthma and lung congestion in the process.

He was shot between the eyes at close range with a .38-.40 caliber revolver, and walked into a pharmacy to buy a Band-Aid.

He could change a flat without tools and support a fourteen-man Dixieland band on his chest while lying on a bed of nails.

He bit quarters, railroad spikes, and dental mirrors in half.

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The Mighty Atom tethered a Fairchild FC-2 airplane to his hair (powered by a 9 cylinder engine revved up to 1600 rpm), preventing it from taking off.

Ed Spielman (The Mighty Atom: The Life and Times of Joseph L. Greenstein, 1979) wrote …

“He was a powerful kid, about twenty-three, built like Jack Dempsey. The Atom told him in detail how dangerous the airplane stunt was, but he insisted. When all else failed, Joe wished him well.

“A month later, word came back to the Mighty Atom. The kid had indeed tried the airplane number. But instead of just attempting to hold his ground, he had rigged up a post on the runway and tied himself to it. When the aircraft revved and charged forward, it tore his scalp out. He bled to death right there on the runway.”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZAPSTcsC_o