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La chronologie des agents TONNERRE (T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents en Vo) chez Tower de Novembre 1965 à Novembre 1969 (soit 4 ans).
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THUNDER Agents Index
THUNDER Agents No. 1
November 1965
Cover: Menthor, Dynamo, and NoMan vs. Iron Maiden's soldiers //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "First Encounter" (4 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writers: Larry Ivie, Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (first appearance)
Intro: Professor Emil Jennings (dies in this story), the Thunderbelt, the invisibility cloak, the cybernetic helmet
Villains: The Warlord (first appearance; a Subterranean) and his men (first appearance)
Comments: THUNDER (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) is an international UN espionage and peace-keeping agency.
Story continues in first Dynamo story.
Synopsis: Agents of THUNDER repel an assault by troops of the mysterious Warlord in time to recover three projects of the late Prof. Emil Jennings: a belt which can increase the atomic density of the wearer to the consistency of steel; a helmet which can intensify the mental capacities of its user many times over; and a cloak which can render its bearer invisible. The search begins to find three agents who can use these devices to best effect.
Story: "Menace of the Iron Fog" (12 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Len Brown
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (Leonard Brown; first appearance and origin)
Supporting Characters: THUNDER's Inner Council (first appearance)
Villains: Iron Maiden ("Rusty") and her armored troops (first appearance for all), the Warlord
Comment: Story continues in the second Dynamo story in this issue.
Synopsis: Leonard Brown, a THUNDER Agent, is chosen to wear the Thunderbelt, which turns him into a super-agent with incredible strength and steel-like bodily density (and weight) when he turns its dial, which releases its energy with a burst of electricity and a thunder-like crack. However, since the Thunderbelt drains the energy of its user, he can only use it safely for half an hour. When the Warlord's armored female agent, the Iron Maiden, strikes at New York with her men under cover of a fog composed of iron particles, Leonard Brown swings in to action as Dynamo, but exceeds his time-limit and is captured and stripped of his belt.
Story: [untitled] (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: Reed Crandall
Feature Character: NoMan (Dr. Anthony Dunn; first appearance and origin)
Villains: Demo (first appearance), his "sub-men" (first appearance; next appear in issue #5), and Satana (first appearance; next appears in issue #6)
Synopsis: The aging, infirm scientist Dr. Anthony Dunn opts to have his mind transferred into the brain of one of a series of blue-skinned androids he perfected with Dr. Jennings. Dunn has the power to transfer his mind into the body of any one of the duplicate androids, enabling him to avoid death when one android body is destroyed. He also is given the cloak of invisibility Jennings invented, and, calling himself "NoMan", puts his powers to use against the Warlord's agent Demo and his army of cavemen.
Story: "Face to Face" (2 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Unknown
Feature Character: NoMan
Villains: The Warlord and his agents
Comment: This is a text story.
Synopsis: NoMan invisibly penetrates the Warlord's #1 base, only to find he must save the agents there from destruction by a bomb.
Story: "The Enemy Within" (12 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Mike Esposito
Feature Character: Menthor (John Janus; first appearance and origin)
Intro: Mr. Sumo (only appearance)
Villains: The Warlord and his agents, Id (a monster; first appearance; dies in this story)
Comment: The Warlord is erroneously shown with a human face in this story.
Synopsis: John Janus is given the cybernetic helmet by THUNDER, which does not suspect he is a double agent for the Warlord. But the helmet does more than impart telekinetic and telepathic powers to Janus, who is now called "Menthor": when he dons it, it reforms his personality, making him a THUNDER loyalist who opposes the Warlord's agents as they strike at THUNDER.
Story: [untitled] (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Characters: THUNDER Squad (Guy Gilbert, Kathryn "Kitten" Kane, John Daniel "Dynamite" Adkins, William "Weed" Wylie, Egghead; first appearance and origin)
Villains: The Warlord and his zombies (first appearance)
Comment: Story continues in the second Dynamo story in this issue.
Synopsis: The THUNDER Squad, a team of non-powered agents, helps keep the Warlord's zombie agents from stealing a laser weapon from the U. S. Army. In the process, they learn that Dynamo has been captured.
Story: "At the Mercy of the Iron Maiden" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Len Brown
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: NoMan, Menthor, THUNDER Squad
Villains: The Warlord, Iron Maiden and her armored troops
Synopsis: THUNDER receives a directional signal from the Thunderbelt and dispatches NoMan, Menthor, and the THUNDER Squad to free Dynamo, reunite him with his belt, and battle the Iron Maiden and her troops.
THUNDER Agents No. 2
January 1966
Cover: Dynavac vs. Dynamo //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "Dynamo vs. Dynavac" (13 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief (Sam Short; first appearance; last chronological appearance in flashback in issue #15), Alice Robbins (first appearance), THUNDER Inner Council
GA: Guy Gilbert, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins
Villains: The Warlord and his zombies, Iron Maiden and her armored troops, Demo, Dynavac (first appearance; a robot)
Comments: Story continues in the NoMan story in this issue.
The Thunderbelt is equipped with a radio and camera in this story.
Synopsis: The Warlord spearheads his assault on THUNDER's headquarters with the Dynavac, a being powerful enough to trade blows with Dynamo, and not subject to his half-hour time limit.
Story: "In the Warlord's Power" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Bill Pearson
Penciller: Reed Crandall
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: NoMan
Villains: The Warlord and his zombies
Comment: Story continues in part in the second Dynamo story in this issue.
Synopsis: NoMan helps stem a zombie attack on THUNDER headquarters, but the Warlord uses his mental powers to insinuate himself into one of NoMan's android bodies.
Story: [untitled] (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Menthor
Villains: The Warlord and his agents, Mr. Fong (first appearance; dies in this story)
Synopsis: After Menthor openly rebels against the Warlord, the master villain lures him into a deathtrap.
Story: "D-Day For Dynamo" (13 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: The Warlord (revealed as a Subterranean; dies in this story), Dynavac (destroyed in this story), Demo, Iron Maiden (next appears in issue #4) and her armored troops, zombies
Synopsis: The Warlord prepares to start World War III with a captured atomic bomb, while Dynamo must save Alice Robbins from death at Dynavac's hands.
Story: [untitled] (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Characters: THUNDER Squad (Egghead dies in this story, but see Comment below)
Villains: General Bestia (first appearance; dies in this story) and his men (first and only appearance), an aquatic mutant (first appearance; dies in this story)
Comment: Egghead is shown dying in this story, but survives to become Psychosis in the universe depicted in WALLY WOOD'S THUNDER AGENTS #1.
Synopsis: The THUNDER Squad must free a South American nation from a dictator who has used a form of nerve gas to sap the people's will to resist.
THUNDER Agents No. 3
March 1966
Cover: Dynamo, NoMan, Kitten, and Guy Gilbert vs. Conrad Janus masquerading as Menthor //Wally Wood
Story: "Dynamo Battles the Subterraneans" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Guy Gilbert, Dynamite Adkins, Weed Wylie
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: A Subterranean (first appearance; dies in this story) and his robots (first and only appearance)
Comment: This issue also includes three one-page pin-ups of Dynamo, NoMan, and Menthor, all drawn by Wally Wood and containing information about the characters.
In this story, the Thunderbelt is equipped with an automatic cutoff switch that is activated after thirty minutes, with a five-minute warning.
Synopsis: Dynamo learns the secret of the late Warlord's identity when another of his race makes an assault on the city with a group of armored robots.
Story: "The Threat of the Amazing Vibraman" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Penciller: John Giunta
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: NoMan
Villains: Vibraman and his men (first appearance for all; all die in this story)
Synopsis: NoMan encounters Vibraman, a foe who wields the power of sound and can detect his presence whether he is invisible or not.
Story: "The Menace of the ‘Red Dragon'" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins, Diana Dawn (first appearance; next appears in DYNAMO #3)
Villains: The Red Dragon (first appearance; next appears in issue #6) and his men (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Dynamo is assigned to combat the Red Dragon, an Asian villain who threatens to take over the nation of Vietnesia.
Story: "The Thunderbelt" (1 page)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Comment: Not a story; feature on Dynamo and the Thunderbelt
Story: "Invaders From the Deep" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Characters: THUNDER Squad
Villains: Dr. Von Himmel (first appearance; dies in this story), Communists
Synopsis: The THUNDER Squad investigates a series of Pacific sabotages which are carried out by zombie mermen.
Story: "Dynamo Vs. Menthor" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Penciller: John Giunta
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Menthor
GS: Dynamo, NoMan, THUNDER Squad
Supporting Characters: The Chief, THUNDER Inner Council
Villains: Conrad Janus (first appearance; Menthor's brother; dies in this story) and his men (first and only appearance)
Comment: Story continues in next issue.
Synopsis: Menthor appears to have returned to his criminal ways after he makes Dynamo his mental slave and causes him to perform acts of destruction.
THUNDER Agents No. 4
April 1966
Cover: Dynamo, Iron Maiden, Dr. Death and his agents //Wally Wood
Story: "Master of Evolution" (12 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: Dr. Sparta, Wilbur Cook, cavemen (first appearance for all; all next appear in DYNAMO #1)
Comment: A movie poster on the splash page contains references to inker Dan Adkins and comics historian Jerry Bails.
Synopsis: Dinosaurs make an assault on New York, and Dynamo trails them back to their originator, a scientist named Dr. Sparta.
Story: "The Synthetic Stand-Ins" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: NoMan
Supporting Character: Linda Rogers (first appearance)
Intro: Dr. Tim Rogers (only appearance)
Villains: The Mastermind (first appearance) and his androids (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: NoMan battles the android doubles of the Mastermind, who uses his synthetic creations to infiltrate THUNDER.
Story: "The Origin of THUNDER" (1 page)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Comment: Not a story; feature on the origin of THUNDER
Story: "The Deadly Dust" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Characters: THUNDER Squad (Lightning (Guy Gilbert; first appearance as Lightning; origin), Weed Wylie, Kitten Kane, Dynamite Adkins)
GS: Dynamo
Villains: Baron Von Kampf and his Nazi troops (first appearance for all)
Synopsis: A neo-Nazi villain's "deadly dust" slows down the reaction time of persons who breathe it, enabling his men to raid THUNDER. But THUNDER's scientists perfect a suit that can increase a normal human's speed a hundredfold, though it causes its wearer to age prematurely, and entrust it to Guy Gilbert, who becomes the super-agent called Lightning.
Story: "The Return of the Iron Maiden" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: NoMan, Guy Gilbert, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Intro: Kassim (only appearance)
Villains: Iron Maiden (between issues #2 / 7), Dr. Death (first appearance; dies in this story) and his men (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Dynamo is ordered to investigate a series of raids in the Middle East, and learns they are being perpetrated by a villain named Dr. Death and his old foe, the Iron Maiden.
Story: "The Great Hypno" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Penciller: John Giunta
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Menthor
GA: Guy Gilbert
Villains: Conrad Janus and his gang (in flashback; last appearance for all), the Great Hypno (first appearance; dies in this story)
Synopsis: An amnesiac Menthor leads a hypnotist to the cybernetic helmet, which the latter uses to stage an assault on Fort Knox.
THUNDER Agents No. 5
June 1966
Cover: Mastermind and Dynamo android vs. Dynamo, NoMan, and Menthor //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "Dynamo and the Golem" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Penciller: Reed Crandall
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Menthor
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: The Overlord (first appearance; last chronological appearance in DYNAMO #1 (flashback); next appears in issue #7), Subterraneans (next appear in issue #7), assassins (first and only appearance), the Golem (first appearance; destroyed in this story)
Synopsis: The Overlord, ruler of the Subterraneans, lures Dynamo into a trap wherein he faces the Golem, a mighty android designed to destroy him.
Story: "In the Caverns of Demo" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: NoMan
Cameo appearances: Dynamo, Menthor, THUNDER Squad, Iron Maiden, zombies (in flashback)
Villains: Demo (last appearance in issue #2), sub-men (last appearance in issue #1; next appear in DYNAMO #1)
Synopsis: Demo strikes back at NoMan with his sub-men and steals his invisibility cloak.
Story: "Return of Baron Von Kampf" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Lightning
Intro: A commander (dies in this story) and his daughter (only appearance)
Villains: Baron Von Kampf (dies in this story) and his Nazis (last appearance)
Synopsis: Lightning discovers that the commander of a THUNDER aircraft test center is secretly working for Baron Von Kampf.
Story: "Menthor Vs. The Entrancer" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: Menthor
Intro: The Dalai Lama (dies in this story), Danara (only appearance)
Villains: The Entrancer (Templer; first and only appearance)
Synopsis: A thief steals an illusion-making ruby from a lamasery and uses it to gain great power as the Entrancer, drawing the attention of THUNDER, who send Menthor to oppose him.
Story: "Double For Dynamo" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, Menthor, NoMan, Guy Gilbert (does not appear as Lightning), Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins, Kitten Kane)
Supporting Characters: THUNDER Inner Council, the Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: The Mastermind (next appears in issue #17), a Weed android, a Dynamo android, assorted androids (first appearance for all; all destroyed in this story)
Synopsis: The Mastermind makes a strike against THUNDER through a Dynamo double android, who gains the power of the Thunderbelt.
THUNDER Agents No. 6
July 1966
Cover: Demo (with Menthor's helmet, Dynamo's belt, and NoMan's cloak) vs. Kitten Kane, Dynamo, NoMan, Menthor, and Guy Gilbert //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "The Sinister Agents of the Red Star" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
GS: THUNDER Squad (Guy Gilbert (does not appear as Lightning), Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins)
Villains: The Red Dragon (last appearance in issue #3; next appears in DYNAMO #1), the Red Star (Ling; first appearance; next appears in DYNAMO #3), the Red Stars (a spy organization; first appearance; next appear in DYNAMO #1)
Synopsis: Dynamo encounters a new enemy in the Red Star, a Red Dragon agent whose martial arts skills are a match even for him.
Story: "The Origin of the Warp Wizard" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Lightning
Villain: The Warp Wizard (Richard Wizard; first appearance)
Synopsis: Lightning meets the Warp Wizard, a villain who can create space-warps for escape purposes.
Story: "THUNDER Vs. Demo" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Penciller: John Giunta
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, NoMan, Menthor, Weed Wylie, Guy Gilbert (does not appear as Lightning), Kitten Kane, Dynamite Adkins)
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: Demo (next appears in DYNAMO #1), Satana (between issues #1 / 19), various crooks (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Demo manages to steal NoMan's cloak again and uses it to snatch Menthor's helmet and Dynamo's belt, giving him triple super-powers.
Story: "The Carnival of Death" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: Menthor (loses his helmet in this story, but regains it before his next appearance)
Villain: Zizaqz and his gang (including Groat; first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: Menthor, removing his helmet at a carnival, falls prey to a sinister hypnotist who mesmerizes him into attempting to assassinate an ambassador.
Story: "To Fight Alone" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Steve Ditko
Feature Character: NoMan
GS: Kitten Kane
Villains: Mr. Image and his gang (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: NoMan encounters Mr. Image, a mesmerist who can command anyone to do his bidding, except the Android Agent.
THUNDER Agents No. 7
August 1966
Cover: NoMan dropping from plane towards car full of gangsters //Wally Wood
Story: "Wanted: Leonard Brown, Code Name ‘Dynamo', Suspicion of Treason" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Lightning, NoMan, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Intro: Phil Marlowe (only appearance)
Villains: Iron Maiden (last appearance in issue #4; next appears in DYNAMO #1; nickname "Rusty" and face revealed in this story), Charlie (a Dynamo impostor), Iron Maiden's gang (first and only appearance for all)
Comment: This issue contains a pin-up / dossier of the Iron Maiden, drawn by Wally Wood.
Synopsis: Dynamo is captured by the Iron Maiden, who uses a double of him to frame him for treason.
Story: "The Warp Wizard's Revenge" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Lightning
GS: Weed Wylie
Intro: A scientist and his daughter (only appearance for both)
Villain: The Warp Wizard (next appears in NoMAN #1)
Synopsis: The Warp Wizard returns and plans a trap for Lightning with a belt that, when activated, causes an explosion of flak.
Story: "Subterranean Showdown" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, NoMan, Kitten Kane (hair colored brown in this story), Weed Wylie)
Supporting Character: The Chief (next appears in DYNAMO #1)
Intro: Dr. Steinmetz (only appearance)
Villains: The Overlord (last appearance in issue #5; next appears in DYNAMO #1), Subterraneans (last appearance in issue #5; some die in this story), Dynavacs (first appearance; destroyed in this story, but more appear in next issue), Warlord Ono (first appearance)
Synopsis: THUNDER sets a trap for the Subterraneans with a NoMan android double of a famous scientist, but it turns into a trap for Dynamo.
Story: "To Be Or Not To Be" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Penciller: John Giunta
Inker: Sal Trapani
Feature Character: NoMan (origin details revealed in this story)
GA: Guy Gilbert (Lightning)
Intro: Trudy (only appearance)
Villains: Dr. Paschke (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: NoMan, depressed over his state of being and in love with a West German girl, resigns from THUNDER and is exploited by an enemy agent.
Story: "A Matter of Life and Death" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Dan Adkins
Penciller: Steve Ditko
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Menthor (dies in this story)
GS: Dynamo, NoMan, Lightning, Kitten Kane, Dynamite Adkins, Weed Wylie (all next appear in DYNAMO #1)
Supporting Character: Alice Robbins (next appears in DYNAMO #1)
Villains: Subterraneans (many die in this story; next appear in DYNAMO #1)
Synopsis: The Subterraneans capture Menthor and use him as bait to lure the THUNDER Agents into a laser deathtrap, but Menthor sacrifices his life to save his friends.
Dynamo No. 1
August 1966
Cover: Dynamo attacking plane with telephone pole //Wally Wood
Story: "Menace From the Moon" (14 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Dan Adkins
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #7)
GS: NoMan, Guy Gilbert, Weed Wylie (last appearance for all in THUNDER AGENTS #7)
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (last appearance for both in THUNDER AGENTS #7)
Villains: An alien race (first appearance; next appear in issue #3)
Synopsis: When observatories on Earth are devastated by attacks that appear to come from the moon, THUNDER sends NoMan to investigate...and, when he fails to report in, they follow him up with Dynamo.
Story: "A Day in the Life of Dynamo" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: The Red Dragon, Red Star agents (last appearance for both in THUNDER AGENTS #6), the Overlord (between THUNDER AGENTS #7 / 8), Subterraneans, Iron Maiden (last appearance for all in THUNDER AGENTS #7), the "Red Frankenstein" (a giant robot; first appearance; destroyed in this story), Chinese Communists
Synopsis: In the course of a single day, Dynamo falls into the hands of the Red Dragon and his agents, then is captured by the Subterraneans and freed by the Iron Maiden, fights a giant robot, and stops a missle from causing World War III.
Story: "Back To the Stone Age" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, inker: Wally Wood
Penciller: Reed Crandall
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: Demo (between THUNDER AGENTS #6 / 10), Dr. Sparta (between THUNDER AGENTS #4 / 10), Wilbur Cook (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #4; last appearance), sub-men (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #5; next appear in issue #3)
Synopsis: Demo finds himself sharing a cell with Dr. Sparta, then teams up with him to break jail and stage raids with dinosaurs and cavemen, which draws Dynamo into the fray.
Story: "Dynamo Meets the Amazing Andor" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, inker: Wally Wood
Penciller: Steve Ditko
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Kitten Kane (between THUNDER AGENTS #7 / 8)
Supporting Character: Alice Robbins
Villains: Andor (first appearance; next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #9), Lord Uru (first appearance; next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #9), the Overlord (first chronological appearance; next chronological appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #5), Subterraneans (next appear in THUNDER AGENTS #8), enemy agents (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Andor, the product of a Subterranean program which turned him from a normal human child into a superbeing, is taken to the surface world and sent to destroy Dynamo.
Story: "Wonder Weed, Super Hero" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: Weed Wylie (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #8)
GS: Dynamo, NoMan, Lightning (all next appear in THUNDER AGENTS #8)
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (both next appear in THUNDER AGENTS #8)
Intro: Olga (only appearance)
Villains: Dr. Oom and his gang (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: Weed, miffed at not being one of THUNDER's super-agents, is taken in by a nightclub hypnotist who tells him he can give him super-powers.
THUNDER Agents No. 8
September 1966
Cover: Overlord, Dynavacs, and zombies vs. Dynamo, NoMan, and Lightning //Wally Wood
Story: "Thunder In the Dark" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in DYNAMO #1)
GS: NoMan, Weed Wylie (last appearance for both in DYNAMO #1), Dynamite Adkins
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (last appearance for both in DYNAMO #1)
Villains: Warlord Oro (first and only appearance), zombie-men (last appearance in DYNAMO #1)
Synopsis: A power-draining device plunges THUNDER into a blackout, as zombie troops make an assault and capture Dynamo.
Story: "The Pyramid of the Warlords" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: NoMan
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: Warlords of Sectors S, A, T, N, C, and three other sectors (first appearance for all; all die in this story)
Synopsis: Seven Subterranean Warlords get instructions from their Overlord at a pyramid in the Middle East, but all of their missions seem to result in the death of one of them apiece.
Story: "The Blue Alien" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Lightning (last appearance in DYNAMO #1)
Supporting Character: The Chief
Intro: Dr. Finch (only appearance)
Villain: The Blue Alien (a Subterranean; first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Lightning goes undercover to catch a blue-skinned flying "alien" who is stealing valuable scientific documents.
Story: "Enter the Raven" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Character: The Raven (Craig Lawson; first appearance and origin)
GS: Dynamo, Lightning, NoMan, Weed Wylie
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: Subterraneans
Synopsis: To counter the Warlords' anti-gravity device, THUNDER equips its top agents with experimental jet-packs, but finds it has to call in an operator from outside to handle a top-of-the-line pack with wings--Craig Lawson, who becomes the newest THUNDER super-agent, the Raven.
Story: "Final Encounter" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Penciller: Dan Adkins
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, NoMan, Lightning, Kitten Kane (last appearance in DYNAMO #1))
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: The Overlord (last appearance in DYNAMO #1; dies in this story), Warlord Ono (dies in this story), Subterraneans, Dynavacs (last appearance for all)
Synopsis: The THUNDER Agents track a captured and freed Warlord back to the Overlord and learn of a plot to devastate Earth's greatest cities.
THUNDER Agents No. 9
October 1966
Cover: Tarantula vs. NoMan and girl //John Giunta / Wally Wood
Story: "Corporal Dynamo, U.S.A." (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (next appears in DYNAMO #2)
Intro: Col. Masters, Griswell (only appearance for both)
Villains: SPIDER (the Secret People's International Directorate for Extralegal Revenue; first appearance), Merriwell (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: To stop operations within the Army by agents of a cabal named SPIDER, Dynamo goes undercover as a corporal.
Story: [untitled] (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Lightning
GS: Andor (last appearance in DYNAMO #1)
Villains: Lord Uru (last appearance in DYNAMO #1), SPIDER
Synopsis: Andor is making a new life for himself as a steelworker until he comes under the mental domination of a Warlord who causes him to run amok, and Lightning steps in to oppose him.
Story: "The Secret of Scorpion Island" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: NoMan
Supporting Character: The Chief
Intro: Tan-Su (only appearance)
Villain: The Tarantula (first appearance; next appears in issue #17) and his gang (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: A four-armed man plots to rule an island by posing as the god of its natives, until NoMan investigates.
Story: "The Black Box of Doom" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Penciller: Chic Stone?
Inker: Dan Adkins
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, NoMan, Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins (all next appear in DYNAMO #2), Lightning)
Supporting Characters: The Chief (next appears in DYNAMO #2), THUNDER Inner Council
Intro: Agent 1313 (dies in this story)
Villains: Chinese Communists
Synopsis: The arrival of a mysterious black box on Earth which, when opened, destroys all life within a certain radius, draws the attention of both THUNDER and the Chinese Communists, the latter of whom find the box first.
Story: "Mayven the Poet" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Manny Stallman
Feature Character: The Raven
Intro: Robert Fularski, Agents 98 and 100, Mundy, president of the United States (only appearance for all)
Villains: Mayven (first appearance), SPIDER (next appears in DYNAMO #2)
Synopsis: The Raven stumbles onto a plot of SPIDER's to use their agent, Mayven, to assassinate a presidential assistant with bombs cached in the bodies of robot children.
Dynamo No. 2
October 1966
Cover: Dynamo pushing apart two pillars as SPIDER agents shoot at him //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "The Web of SPIDER" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Penciller: Dan Adkins?
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #9)
GA: Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie, NoMan (last appearance for all in THUNDER AGENTS #9)
Supporting Characters: THUNDER Inner Council, the Chief (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #9)
Intro: Dr. Holzbein (only appearance)
Villains: Lightning and NoMan doubles (first appearance; both next appear in THUNDER AGENTS #10), Brother Charles, Brother Axel (first and only appearance for both), Iron Maiden
Synopsis: Dynamo is sent to a nation which has been taken over by SPIDER, which has abducted a nuclear scientist and forced him to work on a bomb.
Story: "SPIDER Strikes At Sea" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, inker: Wally Wood
Penciller: Dan Adkins
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Character: The Chief
GA: Dynamite Adkins (between THUNDER AGENTS #9 / 10)
Villains: SPIDER
Synopsis: SPIDER steals a combintion aircraft carrier / submarine and Dynamo is sent to recover it.
Story: "The Priceless Counterfeit" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, inker: Wally Wood
Penciller: Dick Ayers
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: NoMan, Kitten Kane (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #10)
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #9), THUNDER Inner Council
Villains: SPIDER, Stevens (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Dynamo is assigned to learn why SPIDER wishes to steal the copy of an ancient statue.
Story: "Between Two Enemies" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Chic Stone
Supporting Character: Alice Robbins
Villains: The Red Dragon (dies in this story), Ting-Ling (first and only appearance), Red Star agents, SPIDER (several of both agencies die in this story)
Synopsis: Dynamo becomes the nexus of two plots: a Red Dragon scheme to affix a device to his belt that will electrocute him when he turns it on, and a SPIDER plot to take him alive to force from him the secret of the Thunderbelt.
Story: "The Hyena" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Character: Weed Wylie (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #10)
GS: Dynamo, NoMan (both next appear in THUNDER AGENTS #10)
Supporting Character: The Chief (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #10)
Villain: The Hyena (first appearance; next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #?) and his gang (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Weed tries out for a post in intelligence work by trying to nab a costumed crook called the Hyena.
THUNDER Agents No. 10
November 1966
Cover: Dynamo vs. monster //Al Williamson / Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "Operation Armageddon" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in DYNAMO #2)
GS: NoMan, Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins (last appearance for all in DYNAMO #2), Lightning, Raven
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (last appearance for both in DYNAMO #2)
Villains: Demo (between DYNAMO #1 / 3), Dr. Sparta (last appearance in DYNAMO #1; next appears in issue #17), Lightning double (last appearance in DYNAMO #2; last appearance), NoMan double (last appearance in DYNAMO #2; next appears in issue #13), SPIDER (last appearance in DYNAMO #2), Raven and Dynamo doubles (first and only appearance for both)
Synopsis: Demo and SPIDER steal a gun which fires bullets that cause atomic explosions on impact, and Dynamo must find a way to recover it.
Story: "The Air Laser" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Lightning (next appears in NoMAN #1)
Supporting Character: The Chief (next appears in NoMAN #1)
Villain: Tarlac (first appearance; dies in this story) and his gang (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Lightning battles Tarlac, an evil scientist with a laser-like weapon that utilizes air instead of light.
Story: "Three Deeds of Evil" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: NoMan
GS: Andor (next appears in issue #14)
Villain: Lord Uru (next appears in issue #15)
Synopsis: Andor is captured by the Subterranean Lord Uru again and brainwashed into becoming a menace, which puts him in conflict with NoMan.
Story: "Kitten or Killer?" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, NoMan, Dynamite Adkins (all next appear in NoMAN #1), Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie)
Villains: Communist agents (first and only appearance for all; some die in this story)
Synopsis: Kitten Kane is given a serum that turns her into a zombie-like killer, and sent against her fellow THUNDER Agents.
Story: [untitled] (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Manny Stallman
Feature Character: The Raven
Villains: Mayven, SPIDER
Synopsis: Mayven breaks jail with the help of several doll-bombs and lures Raven into a SPIDER ambush.
THUNDER Agents Index suite
November 1966
Cover: NoMan, caveman, and cavewoman //Wally Wood
Story: "Fingers of Fate" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Paul Reinman
Feature Character: NoMan (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #10)
Supporting Character: The Chief (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #10)
Intro: Sophia Lee (only appearance)
Villains: Autograph Hunter (first appearance; dies in this story) and his gang (one of whom dies in this story; first and only appearance)
Synopsis: NoMan investigates the mystery of fingerprints of famous people turning up at the sites of robberies.
Story: "Secret In the Sky" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: NoMan
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: The Gnome, the Jumping Jacks (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: NoMan goes undercover to infiltrate the organization of the Gnome, a villain who has created a weather-control satellite.
Story: "The Warp Wizard's Master Plan" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Lightning (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #10)
GS: NoMan
Villains: The Warp Wizard (between THUNDER AGENTS #7 / 15) and his gang (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: The Warp Wizard returns to plague Lightning with a gun which creates warps that can teleport his foes to distant points.
Story: "Trapped In the Past" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan
GS: Lightning (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #11), Dynamo (between THUNDER AGENTS #10 / 11)
Villains: Jink (first appearance; dies in this story), Bork, and other aliens (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: NoMan stumbles upon a plot by aliens to annihilate the human race by going back in time to destroy their less-numerous ancestors.
Story: "The Good Subterranean" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: NoMan (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #11)
GS: Dynamite Adkins, Weed Wylie (both between THUNDER AGENTS #10 / 11)
Supporting Character: The Chief (erroneously drawn with a mustache in this story)
Intro: Timor (a Subterranean; dies in this story)
Villain: Warlord Quivo (aka Savanarola Smith; first appearance; dies in this story)
Synopsis: NoMan finds that convincing the American people that the last surviving Subterranean is good is an almost impossible task.
THUNDER Agents No. 11
March 1967
Cover: Dynamo and THUNDER Squad on motorcycle vs. SPIDER //Wally Wood
Story: "The Death of Dynamo" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in NoMAN #1)
GS: Weed Wylie, NoMan, Guy Gilbert (Lightning), Dynamite Adkins (last appearance for all in NoMAN #1)
Supporting Character: The Chief (last appearance in NoMAN #1)
Villains: Joe Beck (first appearance; dies in this story), SPIDER (some of whom die in this story)
Synopsis: SPIDER learns of a convict who is a double for Dynamo and springs him to serve in a trap.
Story: "The Vortex" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Lightning (next appears in DYNAMO #3)
GS: Kitten Kane
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: Dr. Forkliff (first appearance; next appears in issue #14), the Vortex (Dirk Rawson; first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Lightning tackles a villain equipped with a weapon that creates whirlwinds.
Story: "The Trap" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: NoMan
Villains: The King (first appearance; dies in this story), his sister, and his gang (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: NoMan is lured into a trap that prevents him from transferring his mind to another body.
Story: "Understudy For Dynamo" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Dynamite Adkins (last name misspelled "Atkins" in this story)
GS: Dynamo, Weed Wylie, Kitten Kane, NoMan (all next appear in DYNAMO #3)
Supporting Character: The Chief (next appears in DYNAMO #3)
Villains: SPIDER
Synopsis: When Dynamo is sidelined with pneumonia, Dynamite takes his place, using the Thunderbelt with somewhat less than satisfying results.
Story: "The Case of Jacob Einhorn" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Manny Stallman
Feature Character: The Raven
Intro: Jacob Einhorn, Sgt. O'Brien (only appearance for both)
Villains: Mayven (next appears in issue #17), Agent 21 (first and only appearance), Shlagle, Hermann von Rommel (first appearance for both), SPIDER (next appears in DYNAMO #3)
Synopsis: The Raven must stop Mayven from assassinating a hunter of escaped Nazis.
Dynamo No. 3
March 1967
Cover: Dynamo sky-diving past attacking plane //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "The Unseen Enemy" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #11)
GS: NoMan, Dynamite Adkins, Kitten Kane (last appearance for all in THUNDER AGENTS #11)
Supporting Characters: The Chief (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #11), Alice Robbins
Villains: The alien race (last appearance in issue #1) and their robots (first appearance; destroyed in this story)
Synopsis: The aliens attack Earth from afar with a transmitter that teleports robots with destructive ray-beams to New York, and Dynamo and THUNDER seem helpless to counteract them.
Story: "Bad Day For Leonard Brown" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Dynamo
GA: Weed Wylie (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #11), Kitten Kane
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins, Diana Dawn (between THUNDER AGENTS #3 / 15)
Villains: Iron Maiden, Demo (between THUNDER AGENTS #10 / 17), sub-men (last appearance in issue #1), SPIDER (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #11)
Synopsis: Dynamo ends up in an adventure complete with the Iron Maiden, Demo, sub-men, and SPIDER, all beginning on a day he just wanted to propose to Alice.
Story: "The Feats of Samson" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Guy Gilbert (Lightning; last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #11)
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Intro: King and queen of Israebia, a seeress (only appearance for all)
Villains: Phillis Tyne and her men (first appearance for all; all die in this story)
Synopsis: Dynamo goes to a Middle Eastern country to overthrow its tyrannical female ruler, a feat which a seeress has predicted will only happen when the feats of Samson are duplicated.
Story: "Honeymoon Or High Noon?" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Paul Reinman
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Kitten Kane
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (next appears in NoMAN #2)
Intro: Luke (only appearance)
Villains: SPIDER, Jim Battersby (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: As a cover for investigating SPIDER activities in the oilfields of Texas, Leonard Brown fakes a marriage with Kitten Kane, who is a Texan.
Story: "Weed Vs. THUNDER" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Character: Weed Wylie (next appears in NoMAN #2)
GS: Dynamo, NoMan, Lightning, Kitten Kane, Dynamite Adkins (all next appear in NoMAN #2)
Supporting Character: The Chief (next appears in NoMAN #2)
Intro: The Generalissimo (only appearance)
Villains: Red Star (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #6; last appearance), SPIDER (next appear in NoMAN #2), Emiliano Huevas (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: The Red Star plans to make THUNDER his unwitting pawns to take over a South American country for SPIDER, and Weed must find a way of thwarting him.
NoMan No. 2
March 1967
Cover: Dynamo vs. NoMan androids //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "Dynamo Vs. NoMan" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan (last appearance in DYNAMO #3)
GS: Dynamo (last appearance in DYNAMO #3; next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #12)
GA: Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie (last appearance for both in DYNAMO #3), Dynamite Adkins (last appearance in DYNAMO #3; next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #12)
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (last appearance for both in DYNAMO #3)
Villains: Dr. Cyber (first appearance; dies in this story), SPIDER (last appearance in DYNAMO #3; some agents die in this story)
Synopsis: A SPIDER scientist named Dr. Cyber imposes his will on NoMan's through a mental device, and turns the Android Agent against THUNDER and Dynamo.
Story: "The Weird Case of the Kiss of Death" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan
Supporting Character: The Chief
Intro: A wizard (in flashback), Nagle, Dr. Warren, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Standish (all die in this story), Mr. Fossilman, Mac (only appearance for both)
Villains: Princess Ankhara (first appearance; dies in this story) and her followers (including Yamel and Gomar; first and only appearance for all)
Comment: This story is obviously based on H. Rider Haggard's novel SHE.
Synopsis: NoMan tries to solve the mystery of a string of biologist murders and encounters an Egyptian woman who can take life with a kiss.
Story: "The Web Tightens" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Lightning (last appearance in DYNAMO #3; next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #12)
GA: Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #12)
Villains: SPIDER (next appear in THUNDER AGENTS #12)
Synopsis: Lightning suffers partial amnesia after an explosion, and becomes a target in his hospital bed for SPIDER assassins.
Story: "Target NoMan" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: Adolf Hitler (of Earth-T; first appearance; dies in this story), Reconquer (first appearance; all die in this story)
Synopsis: NoMan goes undercover to learn the secret of the Reconquer organization, and of the mysterious man from the past whom they hope to revive.
Story: "A Quick Change of Mind" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #12)
GA: Kitten Kane (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #12)
Supporting Character: The Chief (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #12)
Intro: Dr. Forester, Dr. Winson, Judy Winson, Lex, Dr. Wilfred Jonston (only appearance for all)
Villains: Robo, the "Mad Scientist", Wilhelm, Julius (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: When scientists are kidnapped and returned amnesiac, NoMan investigates in a body built to look like a prominent scientist.
THUNDER Agents No. 12
April 1967
Cover: NoMan, Dynamo, and Lightning //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "Strength Is Not Enough" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, inker: Wally Wood
Penciller: Steve Ditko
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in NoMAN #2)
Supporting Character: The Chief (last appearance in NoMAN #2)
Villains: Rocky Stone (first appearance; dies in this story), SPIDER (last appearance in NoMAN #2; some agents die in this story)
Synopsis: SPIDER turns a normal criminal into a super-villain with a device that can make him stronger than Dynamo, but, unknown to him, will end his life doing so.
Story: "Speed Demon" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Character: Lightning (last appearance in NoMAN #2)
GS: Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins (last appearance for all in NoMAN #2)
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: Speed Demon (Damon; first appearance; dies in this story), "Herr Doktor", Fritz (first and only appearance for both), SPIDER
Synopsis: SPIDER turns one of their agents into a "Speed Demon" with speed that far exceeds Lightning's, but neglects to tell him it will shortly kill him.
Story: "The Rock" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: NoMan (last appearance in NoMAN #2)
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: The Rock, Pierre and his gang (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: NoMan combats a villain who appears to be composed of solid rock.
Story: "The Road To SPIDER H.Q." (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Lightning, NoMan, Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins)
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: SPIDER, Speed Demons (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: THUNDER baits a trap for SPIDER with Lightning, hoping it will lead to their enemy's headquarters, but the plan goes awry.
Story: "The Storm Troopers of Xochimilco" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Manny Stallman
Feature Character: The Raven
Intro: Captain Cardenas, Senorita Rivera (only appearance for both)
Villains: Adolf Hess, Wassarmann, Gretchen, Nazis (first and only appearance for all), Shlagle (dies in this story), Hermann von Rommel (last appearance)
Synopsis: The Raven teams up with Mexican intelligence agents to clean up a ring of neo-Nazis.
THUNDER Agents No. 13
June 1967
Cover: NoMan, Dynamo, Kitten Kane, and Lightning in the web of a giant spider //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "‘A' Bullet For Dynamo" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, inker: Wally Wood
Penciller: Dan Adkins
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins, Kitten Kane
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: Benson (first and only appearance), NoMan double (last appearance in issue #10; last appearance), SPIDER (next appear in DYNAMO #4)
Synopsis: A SPIDER double agent steals the Atomic Gun from THUNDER, and receives the order to use its last bullet to kill Dynamo.
Story: "Escape From Destiny" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan
Intro: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watkins (only appearance for both)
Villains: Two Electrobots (first appearance for both; both destroyed in this story), OGRE (Organized Greed, Revenge, and Evil; first and only appearance)
Synopsis: A freak occurrence exchanges NoMan's mind with that of a normal man, just as an evil agency named OGRE strikes.
Story: "The Quick and the Changing" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Lightning
GS: Dynamo, NoMan, Kitten Kane
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: Mock-Man (John; first appearance), the Professor (first appearance; dies in this story)
Synopsis: THUNDER is deceived by Mock-Man, a villain with chameleon abilities, who impersonates Lightning and other agents at the behest of the Professor, who gave him his powers but took away his memory.
Story: "The Black Helmet" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, Lightning, NoMan, Raven, Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie (all next appear in DYNAMO #4), Dynamite Adkins)
Supporting Character: The Chief (next appears in DYNAMO #4)
Cameo appearance: Subterraneans (in flashback; drawn incorrectly as humans in this story)
Intro: Charlie (only appearance)
Villain: Willie (first appearance; dies in this story)
Synopsis: Menthor's helmet is recovered by a vagrant, who uses its mind-controlling powers to gather power for himself, and to overpower the THUNDER Agents when they come after him.
Story: "The Second Atlantis" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Paul Reinman
Feature Character: Undersea Agent (Lt. Davey Jones; last appearance in UNDERSEA AGENT #5; next appears in WALLY WOOD'S THUNDER AGENTS #?)
Supporting Characters: Skooby Doolittle, Prof. Weston (last appearance for both in UNDERSEA AGENT #5; last appearance for both)
Villains: The Mold-Master, android doubles of Davey Jones, Renata, and Prof. Weston (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: Lt. Davey Jones and Skooby Doolittle find themselves in a duplicate Atlantis, populated by android duplicates of themselves and their friends.
Dynamo No. 4
June 1967
Cover: Dynamo rescuing Alice Robbins from oncoming train as SPIDER agent watches //Wally Wood (signed)
Story: "The Maze" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, penciller: Dan Adkins
Inker: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #13)
GA: NoMan (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #13)
Supporting Characters: The Chief (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #13), Alice Robbins
Villains: The alien race and their robots (last appearance for all)
Synopsis: Dynamo is subjected to a mental ordeal to prepare him for an assault on the alien world which has been invading Earth by transmitter.
Story: "The Secret Word Is..." (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Lightning, Weed Wylie (last appearance for both in THUNDER AGENTS #13), NoMan
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: SPIDER (last appearance in THUNDER AGENTS #13)
Comment: This story refers to the old Captain Marvel series from Fawcett and the word "Shazam!".
Synopsis: To keep NoMan from having to turn on Dynamo's belt when he is in trouble, THUNDER gimmicks it to turn on whenever he says the word "Excelsior". SPIDER learns of the trick, and uses it to their own advantage.
Story: "Dynamo's Day Off" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Weed Wylie
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Intro: Shirley (only appearance)
Villains: Wanda (first and only appearance), SPIDER
Synopsis: A female SPIDER agent uses her wiles to steal Dynamo's belt from him while both are at the beach.
Story: "The Weakest Man in the World" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins, Roxanne Short (first appearance; next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #15)
Villains: Rufus, an Iron Maiden robot (first and only appearance for both), the Iron Maiden, SPIDER (next appear in THUNDER AGENTS #14)
Synopsis: The Iron Maiden creates a robot double of herself with the power to sap Dynamo's strength.
Story: "Once Upon a Time" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, inker: Wally Wood
Penciller: Steve Ditko
Feature Character: Weed Wylie (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #14)
GS: Dynamo, Lightning, NoMan (all next appear in THUNDER AGENTS #14), Raven, Kitten Kane (both between THUNDER AGENTS #13 / 14)
Intro: Weed's niece and nephew (only appearance)
Villains: Iron Maiden (next appears in THUNDER AGENTS #15) and her gang (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Weed tells his niece and nephew the story of a recent encounter in which the Iron Maiden used a secret gas to make him her love slave, turn him against THUNDER, and lead Dynamo underneath a tipping vat of peanut butter.
THUNDER Agents No. 14
July 1967
Cover: Raven saving girl from the Prophet //Gil Kane
Story: "Return Engagement" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, inker: Wally Wood
Penciller: Steve Ditko
Feature Character: Dynamo (last appearance in DYNAMO #4)
GS: Andor (last appearance in issue #10; blinded in this story)
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins (last appearance for both in DYNAMO #4)
Villains: SPIDER (last appearance in DYNAMO #4)
Synopsis: When Andor turns up as the guardian of Greenwich Village, SPIDER stages a confrontation between him and Dynamo.
Story: "To Fight is To Die" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Lightning (last appearance in DYNAMO #4)
GS: Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie (last appearance for both in DYNAMO #4), Dynamite Adkins
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: Dr. Forkliff (between issues #11 / 16), his robot (first appearance; destroyed in this story), and his assistant (first appearance; next appears in issue #16), Mock-Man (last appearance)
Comment: Story continues in next issue.
Synopsis: The continued use of his speed-inducing suit may endanger Lightning's life, but he may have to use it again to fight a giant robot.
Story: "On the Other Side" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: John Giunta
Feature Character: NoMan
GS: Weed Wylie, Kitten Kane, Dynamite Adkins
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: The Supreme Arachnid (first and only appearance), SPIDER
Synopsis: SPIDER gimmicks a NoMan body to place him under their dominion once he transfers his consciousness into it.
Story: "Darkly Sees the Prophet" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Gil Kane
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Feature Character: The Raven (last appearance in DYNAMO #4)
Intro: Scott Edward (only appearance)
Villains: The Prophet (first appearance; dies in this story), Communist agents (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: The Raven takes on a villain named the Prophet, who predicts disasters for America that always seem to come to pass.
Story: "The Fist of Zeus" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, NoMan, Lightning, Raven)
Villains: SPIDER
Comment: This story takes place before the Lightning story in this issue.
Synopsis: The THUNDER Agents take action when a giant metal fist threatens the United Nations building.
THUNDER Agents No. 15
September 1967
Cover: NoMan vs. monster //Gil Kane (signed)
Story: "Collision Course" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Andor
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: Iron Maiden (last appearance in DYNAMO #4) and her gang, Archie (first and only appearance for all), Brutus Kanassus (first appearance; dies in this story), SPIDER, Lord Uru (last appearance in issue #10)
Synopsis: The Iron Maiden breaks out of jail and discovers Andor, whom she makes her partner, but both come into conflict with Dynamo and SPIDER.
Story: "While Our Hero Sleeps" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Lightning
GS: Weed Wylie, Kitten Kane, Dynamite Adkins
Villain: The Warp Wizard (last appearance in NoMAN #1; last appearance)
Synopsis: While Lightning lies near death in a stasis tube, the Warp Wizard warps him away beyond THUNDER's influence.
Story: "Starflight To the Assassin Planet" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan
GA: Dynamo, Lightning, Raven
Villains: Aranaeans (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: While trying to transfer his mind to another body, NoMan strikes an energy beam and is transported to an alien world seeking to destroy Earth.
Story: "Hail To the Chief" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Weed Wylie
Supporting Characters: The Chief (real name, Sam Short, revealed in this story; also appears in flashback, his earliest chronological appearance, preceding his introduction in issue #2), Roxanne Short (last appearance in DYNAMO #4; next appears in issue #17)
Villains: SPIDER
Comment: Apparently the Chief's retirement is temporary, as he is shown back in charge of THUNDER with the next issue.
Synopsis: The Chief is retired as head of THUNDER, but SPIDER wants to get their clutches on him anyway.
Story: "Dig We Must" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Character: Weed Wylie
GS: Dynamo, NoMan, Lightning, Dynamite Adkins
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: The Mole (Rufus), Dapper Dan (first and only appearance for both)
Synopsis: The bite of a radioactive mole gives a big simpleton the proportionate power of a mole, and a dapper gangster turns him into a super-thief, prompting Weed to get to the bottom of things.
THUNDER Agents No. 16
October 1967
Cover: Dynamo vs. SPIDER //Gil Kane / Wally Wood
Story: "Dream of Doom" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: Steve Ditko
GS: Andor (last appearance; sight partially restored in this story), Kitten Kane
GA: Guy Gilbert (Lightning)
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villain: Lord Uru (last appearance)
Synopsis: After having his sight partially restored by Uru, Andor breaks away from him, kidnaps Kitten, and awaits a battle with Dynamo.
Story: "One of Our Androids Is Missing" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Gardner Fox?
Artist: Gil Kane
Supporting Character: Diana Dawn (last appearance in DYNAMO #3; last appearance)
Intro: Mr. Bailey, Ogorov, Linda Rogers (only appearance for all)
Villains: Chinese Communists
Synopsis: When a Russian THUNDER liason is kidnapped by Red Chinese agents, NoMan finds he cannot transfer his mind to the body in that location, and teams with a female agent to recover his body.
Story: "The Whirligig" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Lightning
GS: NoMan, Dynamo, Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins
Cameo appearances: Warp Wizard, Speed Demon, Baron Von Krumpf, Blue Alien (as hallucinations)
Villains: Dr. Forkliff and his assistant (last appearance of both in issue #14; last appearance for both), the Whirligig (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: A drugged drink causes Lightning to experience hallucinations just as a super-whirling villain attacks THUNDER.
Story: "The End of the THUNDER Agents?" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Steve Skeates?
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents (Dynamo, NoMan, Lightning, Raven, Weed Wylie, Kitten Kane, Dynamite Adkins)
Supporting Characters: THUNDER Inner Council, the Chief
Villains: Rublik (first and only appearance), SPIDER
Comment: This story reveals that THUNDER's true headquarters is located in a mountain "thousands of miles" from THUNDER's New York installation.
Synopsis: SPIDER traps THUNDER's super-agents with a device that disrupts the mechanisms of their power-devices, and the non-super Squad members have to rescue them.
Story: "A Slight Case of Combat Fatigue" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: NoMan, Kitten Kane, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: SPIDER
Synopsis: In the midst of a mission, Dynamo collapses due to combat fatigue, and the other THUNDER Agents must stage a rescue.
THUNDER Agents No. 17
December 1967
Cover: NoMan vs. giant robot locusts and King Locust //Wally Wood
Story: "Return of the Hyena" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Weed Wylie, Kitten Kane, Dynamite Adkins
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins, Roxanne Short (between issues #15 / 19)
Villains: The Hyena (last appearance in DYNAMO #2; last appearance), Dimwit (first and only appearance)
Comment: Dynamo's mother appears only as a telephone voice (unheard) in this story, and his niece Denise is mentioned. He also celebrates his birthday in this story.
Synopsis: Dynamo repeatedly tries--and fails--to stop the Hyena after the villain steals a new invention.
Story: "The Locusts Are Coming" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villains: King Locust, his gang, and his giant robot locusts (first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: NoMan goes against King Locust, a criminal scientist with an army of giant robot locusts.
Story: "Weed Out West" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Character: Weed Wylie
GS: Dynamo
Intro: C. B., an Indian chief and his daughter (only appearance for all)
Villains: SPIDER
Synopsis: Weed and Dynamo chance onto a SPIDER operation in a town in Oklahoma where a Western movie is being shot, as are, occasionally, people.
Story: "Put Them All Together, They Spell SPIDER" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: NoMan, Lightning, Dynamite Adkins, Weed Wylie
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Villains: Demo (last appearance in DYNAMO #3; last appearance), Dr. Sparta (last appearance in issue #10; last appearance), Mastermind (last appearance in issue #5; last appearance), Tarantula (last appearance in issue #9; last appearance), Mayven (last appearance in issue #11; last appearance), SPIDER Secretary General (first appearance?), SPIDER
Synopsis: SPIDER brings together five of THUNDER's greatest enemies, along with the recovered Menthor helmet, which is used by Demo to turn Dynamo against his fellow agents.
THUNDER Agents No. 18
September 1968
Cover: Dynamo vs. Roman gladiators //Reed Crandall
Story: "The Amazing Mr. Mek" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: Steve Ditko
Feature Character: Dynamo
GA: Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins
Intro: Mrs. Volimek (only appearance)
Villains: Mr. Mek (Volimek; first appearance; dies in this story), Mr. Vanfortiscue (first and only appearance), SPIDER (several agents die in this story)
Synopsis: Mr. Mek, a mutant with the power to mentally control machines, is recruited by SPIDER and sent against Dynamo, whose belt he promptly turns off.
Story: "The Sinister Schemes of Professor Reverse" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Ogden Whitney
Feature Character: NoMan
Supporting Character: The Chief
Villain: Professor Reverse (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: NoMan fights a villain who wields a ray that can reverse evolution.
Story: "The Arena" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: Reed Crandall
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Intro: Alanna (only appearance), Dr. Einzwei
Villain: The Emperor (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Dynamo, investigating an unearthed Roman ruin, falls into an underground city of surviving Romans and, amnesiac, eventually finds himself in the gladiatorial arena.
Story: "Secret of the Abominable Snowmen" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Character: The Chief
Intro: Carnaby Mod, Yetis (only appearance for all)
Villains: The Red Lama, his Yeti-robots, and his men (including Sling; first and only appearance for all)
Synopsis: Dynamo goes to the Himalayas to investigate reports of scientists being abducted by Yetis.
THUNDER Agents No. 19
November 1968
Cover: Reprint vignettes of covers from issues #14, 7, 8, and 16
Story: "Half an Hour of Power" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer, artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Weed Wylie, NoMan
Supporting Character: The Chief, Alice Robbins, Roxanne Short (last appearance in issue #17)
Intro: Dr. Brand (dies in this story)
Villains: Dr. Orgo and his androids, Dynamo, NoMan, Lightning, and Raven androids (first and only appearance for all), SPIDER Secretary General (last appearance), SPIDER
Synopsis: Dr. Orgo, a SPIDER scientist, strikes at THUNDER with his android doubles, and succeeds in capturing Dynamo.
Story: "Dynamo Vs. The Ghost" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: Paul Reinman
Feature Character: Dynamo
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Intro: Charlie (only appearance)
Villain: The Ghost (Tom Conroy; first appearance; dies in this story), Spider Assault Group (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: A SPIDER agent steals a device that allows him to become immaterial, calls himself the Ghost, and is hunted by Dynamo for shooting Alice Robbins.
Story: "All-Girl Gang" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: George Tuska
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: Lightning, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins, Kitten Kane
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Roxanne Short
Villains: Satana (last appearance in issue #6; last appearance) and her all-girl gang (first and only appearance)
Synopsis: Dynamo must contend with an all-girl gang led by Satana, who is blackmailing the Chief into turning over secrets to her.
Story: "A Matter of Transmitters" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Paul Reinman
Feature Character: NoMan
GS: Dynamo, Lightning, Raven, Weed Wylie, Dynamite Adkins, Kitten Kane
Supporting Characters: The Chief, Alice Robbins
Other Character: Dr. Einzwei (dies in this story)
Villains: SPIDER (last appearance)
Comment: This is chronologically the last undisputed THUNDER Agents story on Earth-T (for Tower). Since several publishers brought out competing THUNDER series in later years, each in their own separate universe, it becomes impossible to set simple "next appearance" information for the characters.
Synopsis: SPIDER dupes an innocent scientist into altering THUNDER matter transmitters, making them teleport Dynamo, Raven, and Lightning into their hands. NoMan, who avoided capture, must rescue them.
THUNDER Agents No. 20
November 1969
Cover: NoMan, Dynamo, and Lightning //Chic Stone
Story: "The Origin of THUNDER Agent Dynamo" (4 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer:
Artist: Chic Stone
Feature Character: Dynamo (in flashback to issue #1; origin retold)
Comment: This is a retelling of Dynamo's origin and will not be synopsized.
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