T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents Archives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401201520 ISBN 13: 9781401201524

Publisher: Dc Comics, 2005

Synopsis

A secret team assembled by the United Nations, Dynamo and his Thunderbelt, the android Noman and his invisibility, and Menthor and his psionic helmet, combat tyranny throughout the world, and especially the villainous Warlord.

About this title

From Booklist:

Combining two fads of the mid-1960s-- the spy craze and the comic-book superhero revival--T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents depicted an outfit of superpowered James Bonds. Dynamo's belt conferred superstrength and invulnerability, Noman had a cloak of invisibility, and Lightning's costume enabled him to run superfast. The trendy concept wouldn't have amounted to much had not comics legend Wally Wood been enlisted to develop characters and recruit top-notch artists, initially including himself. By the time the contents of this volume of DC's deluxe reprinting of the comic were created, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents was running out of steam after only a year. Wood worked on just two of these 20 stories; second- and third-rate hands drew most of the others. The exception is a story written and drawn by the underservedly obscure Manny Stallman, whose singular style encompasses the broad panache of early comics and storytelling sophistication that still impresses today. Earlier series volumes are better, but even the relatively lackluster examples in this one demonstrate the lightweight fun that makes T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents fondly remembered to this day. Gordon Flagg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dc Comics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1401201520
• ISBN 13: 9781401201524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 214