(April 1966)
Tower,
1965 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Published ten times a year January, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November and December
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Tower Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Tower Comics
- Editing
- Samm Schwartz
[no title indexed]
Dynamo / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #36 -
in T.O.R.D.E.N.-Agenterne (Interpresse, 1967 series) #9 - in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #116 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #142 ([circa 1980 - 1981]), #177 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
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in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2003) - in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #1 (August 2013)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: The Best of Wally Wood (IDW, 2014 series) (May 2014)
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Master of Evolution!
Dynamo / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Len Brown; Tim Brent (see notes)
- Pencils
- Dan Adkins; Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Victor Gorelick ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A T.H.U.N.D.E.R. agent must be prepared for anything...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Sparta (first appearance)
- Reprints
- in T.O.R.D.E.N.-Agenterne (Interpresse, 1967 series) #7
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #142 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #1 (August 2013)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: The Best of Wally Wood (IDW, 2014 series) (May 2014)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, 50th Anniversary Special (IDW, 2015 series) (July 2015)
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Indexer Notes
"some work on script" per Tim Battersby's work records as published in Alter Ego # 152, May 2018.
The Synthetic Stand-Ins!
NoMan / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Steve Skeates; Tim Brent (see notes)
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Victor Gorelick ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in NoMan, the Invisible T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent (Tower, 1967 series) #42-672 ([1967])
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #36 (1968 ?) [Black and white.]
- in T.O.R.D.E.N.-Agenterne (Interpresse, 1967 series) #8
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #110 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #141 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #1 (August 2013)
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Indexer Notes
"Some work on script", per Tim Battersby's work records as published in Alter Ego # 152, May 2018. First appearance of Mastermind.
[no title indexed]
From the Thunder Control Room / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Samm Schwartz ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Calvin Castine and Denny Maher.
NoMan in Action!
NoMan / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #75
- in NoMan, the Invisible T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent (Tower, 1967 series) #42-672 ([1967])
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Tower, 1965 series) #15 (September 1967)
- in T.O.R.D.E.N.-Agenterne (Interpresse, 1967 series) #9
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Tower, 1965 series) #18 (September 1968)
- in Hall of Fame Featuring the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (JC Comics, 1983 series) #3 (December 1983)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #1 (August 2013)
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Indexer Notes
Adkins pencils per The Wally Wood Checklist. Previous indexer credited Wood.
The Origin of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- THUNDER (origin)
- Synopsis
- The origin of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.
- Reprints
- in T.O.R.D.E.N.-Agenterne (Interpresse, 1967 series) #12
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #1 (August 2013)
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Indexer Notes
Adkins pencils per The Wally Wood Checklist. Previous indexer credited Wood.
The Deadly Dust!
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in T.O.R.D.E.N.-Agenterne (Interpresse, 1967 series) #8, #8
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Tower, 1965 series) #20 (November 1969)
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #142 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #1 (August 2013)
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Indexer Notes
Origin and first appearance of Lightning. Vs. Baron von Kampf (first appearance).
Dynamo and the Return of the Iron Maiden
Dynamo / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Tim Brent; Wally Wood (see notes)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Inks
- Wally Wood; Dan Adkins
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Victor Gorelick
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When the first of the subterranean beings, the 'Warlord', was destroyed by the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. agents, the Iron Maiden was captured...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- NoMan; THUNDER Squad
- Reprints
- in T.O.R.D.E.N.-Agenterne (Interpresse, 1967 series) #9
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Tower, 1965 series) #20 (November 1969)
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #142 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #1 (August 2013)
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Indexer Notes
Battersby script and plot; revised by Wood. Info from Battersby's work records as published in Alter Ego # 152, May 2018.
Methor and the Great Hypno
Menthor / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in Menthor (Tower, 1967 series) #42-674 (1967)
- in T.O.R.D.E.N.-Agenterne (Interpresse, 1967 series) #8
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #113 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #1 (August 2013)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Dynamo -
1.
Master of Evolution!
Dynamo -
2.
The Synthetic Stand-Ins!
NoMan -
3.
[no title indexed]
From the Thunder Control Room -
4.
NoMan in Action!
NoMan -
5.
The Origin of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents -
6.
The Deadly Dust!
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad -
7.
Dynamo and the Return of the Iron Maiden
Dynamo -
8.
Methor and the Great Hypno
Menthor
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Clayton Emery
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kirk House
- Stephen Mitchell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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