The Atom #22

Ryan finishes fight against thing from his blood. It apparently killed Panda. Burns creature with acid, but neutralizes before completely losing hands. Monster shrinks and gets away. Ryan builds tracker. Cute girl with crush on Ryan moves in across the street. Ryan tracks down monster, but town councilman is a gun nut and refuses to let Ryan in. Ryan lets him get eaten. Uncontrollable shrinking continues, Ryan puts on dwarf star suit to slow it down. Cute neighbor tries to call Ryan but is attacked, drawing Ryan over. She spooks, runs gets absorbed, Ryan gets absorbed but something happens with his belt. Guy shows up claiming to be the real Atom, will stop the monster.