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- The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are a superhero team of spies who appear in the comic book series of the same name.
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents was a bimonthly comic book published by Tower Comics. It ran for 20 issues (Nov. 1965 - Nov. 1969), plus two short-lived spin-off series starring the most popular super agents (Dynamo and NoMan). To launch the project, Wally Wood huddled with scripter Len Brown (and possibly Larry Ivie) on a superhero concept Brown had described to Wood a year earlier. Brown recalled, "Wally had remembered my concept and asked me to write a 12-page origin story. I submitted a Captain Thunderbolt story in which he fought a villain named Dynamo. With a few changes by Wood and a title obviously inspired by the success of the spy-fi television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the then-current James Bond film Thunderball, the series got underway. Tower Comics went out of business in 1969
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents was a comic book series originally published by Tower Comics in the 1960s, which might be briefly described in X Meets Y fashion as The Fantastic Four from U.N.C.L.E. The characters debuted in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 (November, 1965), created by Wally Wood. The series lasted for 20 issues, ending in November, 1969. It concerns the activities of The Higher United Nations Defence Enforcement Reserves, an international organization devoted to preserving the world from Diabolical Masterminds, Alien Invasions, and other threats too large for a single nation to handle alone.
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) is a secret organization formed after World War II to fight covert threats. When UN special agents storm a Professor Emil Jenning's mountain laboratory to drive off the forces of the Warlord, they discover that Jenning has been killed and the Warlord's soldiers have stolen his inventions. But there are a few they missed, which T.H.U.N.D.E.R. takes into custody. These inventions are super weapons to combat the Warlord by providing superpowers to whoever wears them: Together they would become the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.
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| Row 1 info | - Dynamo, NoMan, Menthor, Lightning, and Raven
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| Date | - 2013
- January 2011 – June 2012
- May 1983 – January 1984
- November 1965 – November 1969
- November 1984 – October 1986
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| Caption | - Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1
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| main char team | - Raven
- Vulcan
- Lightning
- Dynamo
- Dynamite
- NoMan
- Menthor
- James "Egghead" Andor
- Kathryn "Kitten" Kane
- Undersea Agent
- William "Weed" Wylie
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- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) is a secret organization formed after World War II to fight covert threats. When UN special agents storm a Professor Emil Jenning's mountain laboratory to drive off the forces of the Warlord, they discover that Jenning has been killed and the Warlord's soldiers have stolen his inventions. But there are a few they missed, which T.H.U.N.D.E.R. takes into custody. These inventions are super weapons to combat the Warlord by providing superpowers to whoever wears them:
* The Thunderbelt was given to Leonard Brown, code-name Dynamo. It increases his density, giving him super strength and invulnerability for a period of 30 minutes.
* Anthony Dunn, a dying scientist, transferred his mind into an android body, allowing him to switch between bodies at will. He was given an invisibility cloak, becoming NoMan.
* Finally, John Janus, secretly a traitor working for the Warlord, was given the Menthor helmet. It gave him mental powers and a heroic split personality. Together they would become the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. They are assisted by the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad, a paramilitary group with no superpowers but each possessing special skills. Later, the Squad's leader Virgil 'Guy' Gilbert was given a super-suit that increases his metabolism and became the super-fast Lightning. His powers come at a considerable price--each time he uses them drains a little bit of his life. After Menthor's death, Craig Lawson, skydiver and mercenary with a shady past, becomes the Raven thanks to an experimental rocket pack. Their enemies included the Overlord and his Subterraneans, S.P.I.D.E.R., Andor, Demo, Tarantula, and Iron Maiden.
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents was a bimonthly comic book published by Tower Comics. It ran for 20 issues (Nov. 1965 - Nov. 1969), plus two short-lived spin-off series starring the most popular super agents (Dynamo and NoMan). To launch the project, Wally Wood huddled with scripter Len Brown (and possibly Larry Ivie) on a superhero concept Brown had described to Wood a year earlier. Brown recalled, "Wally had remembered my concept and asked me to write a 12-page origin story. I submitted a Captain Thunderbolt story in which he fought a villain named Dynamo. With a few changes by Wood and a title obviously inspired by the success of the spy-fi television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the then-current James Bond film Thunderball, the series got underway. Tower Comics went out of business in 1969, and the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents went into limbo.
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents was a comic book series originally published by Tower Comics in the 1960s, which might be briefly described in X Meets Y fashion as The Fantastic Four from U.N.C.L.E. The characters debuted in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 (November, 1965), created by Wally Wood. The series lasted for 20 issues, ending in November, 1969. It concerns the activities of The Higher United Nations Defence Enforcement Reserves, an international organization devoted to preserving the world from Diabolical Masterminds, Alien Invasions, and other threats too large for a single nation to handle alone. The initial roster of elite T.H.U.N.D.E.R. agents was:
* Dynamo: Equipped with a belt that increases his molecular density, granting him invulnerability and super strength -- but it takes energy to lug all that density around, and if he keeps it up for more than half an hour at a time he's reduced to helpless exhaustion.
* NoMan: The mind of a dying scientist transferred into an android body -- one of several, between which he can transfer at will (so if his current body is disabled in an attack, he can just switch to another one -- but if it's ever destroyed outright before he can transfer away, he's finished). He is also equipped with a technological invisibility cloak (which may or may not have a time limit, Depending on the Writer).
* Menthor: Equipped with a helmet that expanded his mind to its full capacity, granting him a variety of Psychic Powers -- and having one other unexpected effect: he'd joined T.H.U.N.D.E.R. as The Mole for one of its enemies, but whenever he put the helmet on, he was temporarily realigned to Lawful Good and worked sincerely for T.H.U.N.D.E.R.'s cause. (He later made a permanent realignment after realising that his employer had always intended, even before the helmet thing, to dispose of him when he'd served his purpose.)
* T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad: A specialist commando team without any superpowers (unless teamwork counts a power). Later additions include:
* Lightning: Equipped with a suit that artificially accelerates his metabolism, granting him Super Speed, at the cost of reducing his lifespan every time he uses it.
* Raven: Wearing an experimental rocket pack/ flight suit (the design of which varied wildly from story to story) former Soldier-of-Fortune Craig Lawson becomes T.H.U.N.D.E.R.’s one-man air force. Since the fall of Tower Comics, the rights to T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents have been around a bit. Currently, DC Comics has the license and has been printing collections of the original stories in their Archives format. DC also launched a new T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents title in November 2010. It appears to be a "next generation" sequel to the original Tower stories, with NoMan being the only returning member (due to his effective immortality.)
- The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are a superhero team of spies who appear in the comic book series of the same name.
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