The Field dos not automatically counteract gravity. John can fly if he thinks about it while it's on, but if he's knocked out, he ain't thinkin'. If the Field was acting to protect John, then it being "on" is certainly better than it being "off" regardless of where he ends up.

One Question :Will John love again?

Just want to know...

You sure about that, Brian? Old edition, page 439, the battle against Superion: "Atomik Lad's Field burst forth and the ex-sidekick rocketed straight up. Even with his Field naturally counter acting the G-forces, it felt like he'd left his organs behind." Naturally counteracting them. I always thought it was a conscious effort just to stay on the ground. Speaking of which, why doesn't the ground beneath his feet disintegrate when he's using his Field?

But back to the subject at hand. Unless his Field never evaporated after the blast, the wind would destroy Atomik Lad's fragile human body, at the speeds he was going. It leaves him unprotected for a second, he's done. Not to mention probably plummeting through the ceiling...he WAS in the Food Court Junction, indoors, after all.

Or am I just nitpicking too much?

Yup. He turned the Field on and immediately took off. No contradiction there.

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why doesn't the ground beneath his feet disintegrate when he's using his Field?

As I've said before, John has more control over his Field than he is perhaps aware. Subconsciously he doesn't want to rip up the ground, so most of the time he doesn't.

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Unless his Field never evaporated after the blast, the wind would destroy Atomik Atomik Lad's fragile human body, at the speeds he was going. It leaves him unprotected for a second, he's done.

People have been exposed to winds in excess of several hundred miles an hour in real life, sometimes for an hour or more, and lived through it with just a few bruises. And, again, we don't know at what point in flight the Field kicked back on or what effects, if any, that had on his trajectory -- one would assume it would not produce drag, but then one would also assume John was dead at this point, so who knows what's what.

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Not to mention probably plummeting through the ceiling...he WAS in the Food Court Junction, indoors, after all.

Then obviously the Field didn't disperse until some point after he was already outside of the building.

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Or am I just nitpicking too much?

Yup.

I'll spoiler it all just in case.

As we know, John shares a KI sequence with his field. My question: is this sequence - and, by extension, the field - directly related to Nuklear Man? It could explain how Nuke "sensed" John when he was in the Antarctic. (of course, this could also be attributed to Nuke's enormous power, combined with his strong emotional attachment to John. Yay for empaths.)
If the shared sequence is indeed related to Nuke, this could also explain the great power of the field. (Although, thinking back, I believe Dr. Genius offered an explanation of that at some point.) Anything with that kind of relationship with a suber-being like Arel is bound to be powerful.
Also, throughout NA it seems that John has more control over Nuke than anyone else. This could probably be explained away rather easily, but I can't think of exactly how at the moment. I bring this up because, if my goofy theory is correct, John's influence over Nuke's behavior could result from his admittedly limited control of his field. Well, not really, but in a symbolic way. Symbolism's all the rage among the hip young authors, you know.

I think I had more to add to that at one point, but Futurama was on. Damned TV.

Oh, and a(nother) question. Will we find out exactly what John's field is in AA? If not, may I puncture you with knives?

The Field has nothing to do with Nuke. The Golden Guardian was able to sense Atomik because he finally became aware of the full range of his abilities/senses and, from space I believe, he detected a tiny packet of heat energy that stood out for two reasons.

1) because it was in the middle of the arctic where even the polar bears are chilly,

2) because it was Atomik Lad's body heat which Nuke had sort of subconsciously been aware of for years since he "had" those senses all along, he just didn't consciously use them.

If it can be said that Atomik Lad has any control over Nuke, it's only due to living with him for ten years. He'd figured out all the right ways to manipulate the lug.

And, yes, I can definitively say that we will find out exactly what the Field is in Atomik Age.

I wonder what Nuklear Man would have done if he had never gotten together with Sparky. Think the people of Earth really WOULD be living under his tyrannical rule? Or would he make some feeble attempts at conquering, get bored or exhausted, and watch cartoons for the remainder of the day? Would he do any Heroing at all?

I actually wrote a 40 - 50 page short "alternate history" story based on a premise not too far removed from that. Maybe I'll release it for free online one of these days.